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Grades 3-8
Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades 3-8
In this 6-day training, learn how to teach small-group, supplementary literacy intervention to accelerate literacy learning for the lowest-achieving students in grades 3-8.
Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching in Grades 3-8
In this 5-day training for teachers and literacy educators, learn how to plan and teach effective small group, differentiated instruction lessons in intermediate and middle school classrooms.
Leading for Literacy
In this 4-day training for school principals and administrators, learn how to support literacy teaching in grades K–6.
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems 1 & 2 Seminar
In this 2-day training, learn how to use the Benchmark Assessment System to inform your teaching.
Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™
This 2-day training introduces a system for teaching students that creates authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting.
Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades 3-8
In this 5-day training for teachers, learn the importance of instruction in vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in the intermediate grades and middle school.
Leading for Literacy: Part Two
In this 2-day intensive seminar, build on your previous work from the 4-day Leading for Literacy seminar (School Leaders Seminar) with central office and school-based educators.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: 2022 Summer Literacy Institute
Register for this four-day Summer Literacy Institute, featuring Liz Kleinrock!
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Gholdy Muhammad
Join us for a one-day workshop with Gholdy Muhammad.
Kids, Books & Anti-Racism Series: Chris Hass
Join us for the first event in our Kids, Books, and Anti-Racism series.
Upcoming Professional Development
Building Deep Thinkers Through Reading: Engaging Students in Robust Comprehension
Let’s teach readers to think deeply. Join us to explore robust comprehension as an active, layered, and dynamic process to synthesize ideas, make inferences, and critique texts – not just recall facts.
Wondrous Words: Igniting Children’s Passion, Purpose, and Skills for Writing
Join us for this two-day, hands-on workshop where you’ll strengthen your ability to read like a writer and learn how to use mentor texts to help students expand their repertoire of craft moves, grow their identities as writers, and deepen their understanding of writing as a meaningful act.
Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8
Deepen your understanding of the alphabetic linguistic system and learn how to teach for phonological awareness, phonics, word structure, vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in grades K-8.