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Grades 3-8
Leveled Literacy Intervention in Grades 3-8 – Fall 2025
Learn how to teach small-group, supplementary literacy intervention to accelerate learning for the lowest-achieving students in grades 3-8.
The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)
In this two-day institute learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint students’ reading behaviors and instructional needs with word-solving, fluency, and comprehension.
Unlocking Literacy Success for Every Student in Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)
Do you work with students who find comprehending and solving words while they read challenging? This fast-paced, practical webinar is designed to equip educators with proven ways to support learners in grades 3–8. You’ll walk away with new tools to help students build confidence and make meaningful progress.
Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in the Reading & Writing Classroom in Grades 3-8
In this 8-week online graduate course for teachers, learn the importance of systematic instruction in vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in the intermediate grades and middle school.
AI-Powered Literacy: Practical Tools to Plan, Engage, and Inspire
This hands-on training will equip you with practical strategies and the confidence to integrate AI tools into lesson planning, boost student engagement, and enhance critical thinking and creativity. Join us and take your literacy teaching to the next level with cutting-edge technology!
Thinking Beyond the Page: Strategies for Developing Deep Comprehension
Comprehension is a complex process and the ultimate goal of reading. Join us to learn practical strategies to support your students to go from surface-level comprehension to deep, critical thinking about what they read.
The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)
In this two-day institute learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint students’ reading behaviors and instructional needs with word-solving, fluency, and comprehension.
Engaging Vocabulary Instruction That Works for Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)
Join us for this 60-minute complimentary webinar filled with practical ways to make vocabulary learning fun, deepen word understanding, and empower students to use new words with confidence.
Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Texts
In this 8-week online course, learn how to support students in thinking deeply and critically about their reading so they can share their thinking through talk and writing.
Elevating Literacy Expertise Through Coaching
In this 8-week online course, you’ll explore a variety of ways to coach teachers and foster their independence, reflection and analysis of literacy teaching and learning.
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.