This interactive workshop will provide an overview of the text with a special focus on the first eleven chapters. Building Thinking Classrooms is designed to help students go beyond rote […]
Audience: administrators, literacy coaches, reading teachers, grades 5-8 ENL, general and special education teachers whose students are reading approximately on these levels. As students transition into the middle grades, the […]
Students need real reasons to read, and reading more improves reading. We will learn more about "Read-All-the-Words” texts versus "Read-in-Other-Ways” texts and how to divide Self-Selected Reading time to provide […]
This interactive workshop supports educators and leaders in designing and implementing meaningful systems for the Seal of Civic Readiness. Participants explore how to move beyond compliance and checklists to create […]
What if your students were doing more of the thinking than you are? In this hands-on workshop, we'll explore how to redesign your STEM classroom so that students are active […]
Knowledge building is essential for strong reading comprehension; it provides the foundation students need to understand, analyze, and engage with texts deeply. When readers bring background knowledge to texts, they […]
-Understand the key similarities and differences between a child's home language and English (e.g. phonology, grammar, vocabulary) and leverage the use of cognates to bridge language gaps and enhance language […]
Audience: administrators, literacy coaches, reading teachers, grades 3-5 ENL, general and special education teachers whose students are reading approximately on these levels. Equip your 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students with […]
Audience: teachers, administrators, support staff and clinicians Through collaborative discussion, this four-session series explores underlying factors of student behavior, applies function-based thinking to develop effective interventions, and examines instructional strategies […]
This workshop will focus on the theoretical model: The Not So Simple View of Writing (Berninger & Winn, 2006) and how it can guide our instruction in the writing classroom. […]