Best Science of Reading Strategies for Helping Struggling Readers (Grades 1-6)

Presented by Heather Kenny
Award-Winning Science of Reading Expert, Author and Presenter

Specifically Designed for Educators Serving Students in Grades 1-6: Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Instructional Assistants, Interventionists, and Administrators

The most up-to-date information on the Science of Reading, including practical suggestions to help struggling readers and writers
Practical techniques, rooted in reading science, that address intervening with struggling readers to help them with crucial reading and writing skills
Dozens of highly practical strategies and activities to strengthen your struggling students' phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, spelling, writing, and oral language skills— no matter what literacy program you use
Receive an extensive Science of Reading digital resource handbook filled with ideas to help your struggling students experience greater success

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Are you looking for the most effective ways to better help your students, especially those who are struggling in reading, writing, and spelling? In this NEW seminar by Heather Kenny, you'll learn the most up-to-date information on Science of Reading strategies and gain resources designed to boost success for struggling students in grades 1-6. The most current information on brain research related to reading, and highly practical ways to increase reading, writing and spelling success, will be explained in clear, use-tomorrow terms. You will learn targeted interventions to maximize your teaching time, improve literacy outcomes, and motivate your students who are currently struggling and feeling discouraged. You'll leave the seminar with numerous, evidence-based interventions you can use immediately to target your students' specific reading needs, so they can experience greater literacy success.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Learn the Best Science of Reading Strategies to Help Your Struggling Readers
Discover the best Science of Reading tools and strategies to help you provide the most effective reading interventions for your struggling readers
Explicit, Science-Based Techniques in All Five Pillars of Reading to Help Your Struggling Readers Overcome Difficulties
Learn direct, explicit teaching techniques you can use to help students in grades 1-6 who are struggling to decode or comprehend … Proven ideas you can use immediately
Strengthen Brain Pathways to Help Students who are Struggling to Acquire new Reading Skills
Understand how reading develops in both the typical reader's brain and the struggling reader's brain and learn practical techniques to improve key reading pathways and promote orthographic mapping
Leverage Research-Based, Science of Reading Techniques to Strengthen Essential Foundational Skills
Learn why phonemic awareness instruction is integral to spelling success for all readers and writers, even in intermediate grades… Maximize your teaching time by focusing on the most critical skills that will boost decoding and spelling
What Causes Poor Reading Fluency, and How Can Science of Reading Help?
Gain a wealth of strategies, rooted in the science of reading, for building or correcting the foundational literacy skills that lead to automaticity in word recognition and reading fluency
Best Explicit Vocabulary Routines to Promote Orthographic Mapping and Develop Comprehension Skills
Discover simple, highly effective instructional routines that support vocabulary acquisition, reading fluency, and comprehension
Boost Word Recognition With Techniques That Improve Students' Orthographic Mapping
Gain research-based instructional techniques that help all students master the sound-letter associations and patterns critical to the development of strong word recognition skills, including hard-to-master high-frequency irregular words
Discover High-Powered Instructional Routines to Explicitly Teach Comprehension and Critical Thinking
Explore evidence-based strategies that strengthen the cognitive processes that support comprehension. Gain easy-to-use lesson planning frameworks and templates for both fiction and non-fiction texts
Improve Screening, Assessing, and Teaching Students Experiencing Reading Difficulties
Learn the critical components needed to screen for gaps in reading skills and simple diagnostic tools you can use in your classroom … Learn how to teach and assess your students in grades 1-6
Receive a Comprehensive Digital Resource Handbook for Using Science of Reading to Help Your Struggling Readers
Return to your school with an extensive digital resource handbook filled with ideas, strategies and step-by-step instructions designed to help you use the Science of Reading to help your struggling readers

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

Science of Reading strategies that work for all students, but are essential for struggling readers and writers, especially those who demonstrate characteristics of dyslexia
Outstanding research-based teaching techniques and tools for teaching all 5 pillars of reading to proficiency in grades 1-6
Information on brain pathways critical to successful reading and what this means for instruction with struggling readers
The latest research on the cognitive and neurological factors underlying many reading difficulties, and how this can inform instruction
Simple ways to determine the critical reading needs of students in your classroom and how to group for instruction based on these needs
How to more easily assess your students' skills in the most important areas related to reading, decoding and spelling
How to implement highly successful intervention strategies rooted in reading science
Specific activities to promote phonemic awareness skills… critical for success with all students and especially those with reading difficulties
How to implement appropriate interventions in an RTI or MTSS model
Dozens of strategies to help students develop fluency, including automatic recognition of high-frequency irregular words
How to more efficiently determine what type of reading instruction benefits different types of readers
Ready-to-use instructional sequences and lesson planning templates that support the comprehension of fiction and non-fiction texts, and provide scaffolds for writing
Proven, multimodal teaching techniques rooted in the Science of Reading
Simple classroom routines that you can easily incorporate into your current literacy instruction
The most current information on fluency and which types of instructional techniques facilitate orthographic mapping
Simple, reliable methods to assess critical reading skills
Practical classroom routines to increase vocabulary knowledge, boost reading comprehension, and promote critical thinking skills
Effective differentiation and grouping strategies to meet the diverse needs of your readers
Targeted intervention strategies to address specific deficits and strengthen reading abilities

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As teachers, we are committed to providing our students with the strongest possible foundation in literacy, ensuring they have the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. But we also know that helping every student become a confident reader is no easy task! We've all worked with students who struggle with reading, writing and spelling, despite our best efforts to support them. Fortunately, we now have ready access to research-based insights and strategies that can make a significant difference for them.

Thanks to advancements in the Science of Reading, we better understand how reading develops in the brain and why some students face challenges in learning to read fluently. The good news is that proven, research-based instructional techniques can help struggling readers strengthen their literacy skills— enabling them to build the strong reading foundation they need to succeed. Even better, these same techniques can accelerate the literacy growth of all students in grades 1-6!

Throughout my career as a teacher, I have gathered a wealth of highly practical strategies, resources, and techniques to support struggling readers in the classroom. I am excited to spend the day with you and our fellow educators, exploring evidence-based reading strategies that you can take back to your classroom to help your students gain confidence and improve their reading skills.

Sincerely,
Heather Kenny

P.S. As an experienced educator, I understand the unique challenges you face daily in your instruction. This seminar is designed to give you and your struggling students a pathway to greater success!

Who Should Attend

Educators Serving Students in Grades 1-6: Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Instructional Assistants, Interventionists, and Administrators

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

Practical Science of Reading techniques and classroom activities for supporting struggling readers and writers in first through sixth grades
Important information on Science of Reading research and practical applications for students experiencing reading difficulties
Information to share with colleagues on reading pathways in the brain and how to support your struggling readers in building those pathways to experience literacy success
Dozens of Science of Reading games and activities that can enhance any curriculum in grades 1-6

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas with other educators interested in new ways of helping their struggling young readers.

Consultation Available
Heather Kenny will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

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