Overview

Drawing from the newly-released The Reading Strategies Book 2.0, a revised and reimagined update to the NYT bestselling resource, this webinar series will help you use strategies effectively in your instruction—no matter what approach to literacy you use, or the grade level, developmental levels, or ages of the students you teach.

You’ll first learn about the broad research base for strategy instruction in reading and what makes an effective reading strategy. Then, you’ll learn about reading goals and skill progressions for each goal which will equip you to target the just-right strategies for each reader. You’ll learn streamlined ways to evaluate student work to save planning and prep time.

The final portion of the webinar series will lean on Jen’s book A Teacher’s Guide to Reading Conferences, exploring strategies coming to life in the classroom through conferences and small group instruction. You’ll learn purposes aligned to each conference and small group type, and about the most impactful teacher moves you can use within them to maximize student learning. Through video, engaging activities, and clear presentation, this webinar series is designed to be highly practical and immediately applicable.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Develop an understanding of the research base for reading strategies, goal-directed instruction, and each reading goal

• Learn to study student work to determine goals

• Use skill progressions to identify strategies and track progress

• Craft strategies and feedback prompts and learn to match them to student goals

• Learn practical ways to guide student practice through conferences and small groups, and how to match methods to purposes

• Explore practical ways to manage differentiation, including notetaking and scheduling

Audience

Online and classroom teachers Grades K-8, administrators, curriculum coordinators, reading specialists, writing teachers, literacy specialists, learning coaches.