Finding the Balance: Integrating READING WORKSHOP and the SCIENCE OF READING (Grades K-3)

Presented by Amy Stark
Outstanding Teacher, Author and International Presenter

Specifically Designed for Grades K-3: Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Instructional Assistants, Interventionists, and Administrators

Practical ways to balance the very best of reading workshop with the Science of Reading
Engage your entire class in practical, powerful reading activities – from your struggling students to those ready for greater challenges
Proven strategies to help you better organize, manage, and deliver reading instruction that will enable greater success for students
Receive an extensive "finding the balance" digital resource handbook packed with a wealth of practical, use-tomorrow strategies

Practical Ideas and Strategies

As reading educators, we see students enter our classrooms each year with diverse literacy backgrounds and abilities. We understand the importance of meeting them where they are. However, we often face a dilemma: should we adopt reading workshop, which prioritizes cultivating a love for reading and comprehension through authentic experiences – or should we embrace the Science of Reading, which focuses on explicitly, systematically teaching foundational skills such as phonemic awareness and phonics? Rather than choosing one over the other, why not integrate the strengths of both approaches? If you're seeking practical solutions to this challenge, this day is for you! In this NEW seminar, Amy Stark will share classroom-proven strategies and resources for integrating the best of reading workshop and the Science of Reading. Learn how to effectively combine explicit mini-lessons and small reading groups with engaging activities from the reading workshop model.

Seamlessly integrate the very best of both these approaches into your reading instruction. You will leave with numerous ideas you can use right away!

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Strengthen Your Reading Workshop Program With the Science of Reading
Explore dozens of the very best, practical strategies from both reading workshop and Science of Reading to help your grades K-3 students achieve maximum reading growth
Help Students Who Struggle With Decoding Make Strong Fluency Growth
Discover instructional techniques, materials and activities that promote more rapid progress in word recognition and fluency … Acquire engaging strategies to help students practice all dimensions of fluent reading – not just "reading fast"
Address the Critical Components of Early Literacy
Gain practical, highly effective ways to address phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency … Learn how to successfully incorporate critical early literacy components within a Science of Reading-based workshop model
Enhance Reading Comprehension With Word Study and Word Work
Incorporate explicit, systematic word study practices that strengthen students' decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension skills – within your reading workshop – and using your existing reading curriculum
Boost Your Students' Reading Skills and Confidence
Learn practical ways to create highly effective and engaging lessons – using any reading curriculum … Explore a collection of activities, strategies, and easy-to-incorporate tools for strengthening grades K-3 reading skills
Maximize Student Independence During Reading Workshop
Learn proven ways to get your students working more successfully and independently … Discover powerful mini-lessons that build stamina and keep your students reading the entire time
Work SMARTER, Not Harder to Plan Your Reading Instruction
Discover efficient ways to integrate the best of reading workshop with the Science of Reading, and practical ways to find the balance without feeling overwhelmed
Powerful Strategies for Delivering High-Impact Mini-Lessons
Make every instructional minute count! … Learn how to strengthen the impact your mini-lessons and make key up-front decisions about what's best taught in mini-lessons versus other instructional settings
The Best FREE Resources to Enrich Your Reading Instruction
Discover FREE classroom-tested resources readily available to supplement and enhance your existing curriculum … Explore a host of FREE resources you can immediately incorporate into your phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension lessons
Receive a Comprehensive "Finding the Balance" Digital Resource Handbook
You'll receive a comprehensive digital resource handbook, specifically designed for this seminar, and packed with practical strategies, techniques and activities … Leave with a wealth of outstanding resources you can use immediately

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

The best, practical ways to integrate reading workshop and the Science of Reading – using your existing reading curriculum
How to more effectively organize your reading block from start to finish using explicit instruction and engaging literature
How to use Artificial Intelligence to produce engaging activities that strengthen ALL students' reading skills – above, on, and below level
Highly engaging reading lessons that will excite your students and meet their diverse needs
Subtle, yet powerful shifts you can make to your existing reading program to maximize your students' reading skills growth
Easy-to-incorporate strategies to strengthen reading response
Specific ways to teach comprehension skills for fiction and nonfiction
Innovative ways to strengthen your explicit and systematic phonics instruction
Practical, realistic strategies for differentiating reading instruction to meet the needs of each student
How to help struggling readers move from "pretend reading" to a focus on words and the letters and patterns that form them
Engaging techniques that improve reading fluency and build higher capacity for comprehension
Dozens of engaging activities designed to strengthen ALL students' phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and comprehension skills

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Like you, I grapple daily with the challenge of incorporating the changing views of reading instruction. Whether you were trained in reading workshop or the Science of Reading, we all know that there is not ONE approach to reading that is the most effective. Each approach has its benefits. So, why not integrate the very best from both?

I've crafted this seminar to offer practical resources and solutions for seamlessly integrating both reading workshop and the Science of Reading. The best part – you can immediately incorporate all the strategies and ideas I will share into your existing reading program, and you can trust they'll yield results. Each activity, concept, and lesson I present has proven successful in my own classroom and in those of the teachers with whom I work.

In addition to receiving my comprehensive digital resource handbook you'll gain a wealth of practical ideas for maximizing your reading instruction to better meet the needs of ALL your diverse learners. We'll look at how to get started, see real-world examples from grades K-3 classrooms, and you'll acquire highly effective tools and strategies. My goal is to give you the best, most practical, and successful techniques.

Be prepared to step into your students' shoes as I demonstrate these engaging, use-tomorrow activities and approaches. I look forward to sharing a wealth of practical ideas and teaching strategies to help you integrate the best of reading workshop with the Science of Reading to greatly enhance your reading instruction.

Sincerely,
Amy T. Stark

P.S. You'll leave feeling inspired, excited, and ready to elevate your reading program with the best practices from both reading workshop and the Science of Reading.

Who Should Attend

Grades K-3: Classroom Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Instructional Assistants, Interventionists, and Administrators

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive "Finding the Balance" Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:

The best, highly practical ways to integrate reading workshop and Science of Reading to increase student reading success
Information, strategies, and FREE online resources to support your integration of the best of reading workshop and the Science of Reading
Multiple ways to support the application of explicit, systematic phonics instruction
Meaningful word work tasks that deepen skill development and provide independent reading and writing practice
Activities that greatly enhance active participation, while strengthening the reading skills of ALL students
Dozens of easy-to-implement classroom strategies and activities to support phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension

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 share ideas with other educators interested in finding the balance between integrating reading workshop and the Science of Reading.

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

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