Maximize the Power of Your SMALL GROUP READING INSTRUCTION (Grades K-2)

Presented by Annemarie Johnson
Outstanding Teacher and International Presenter

Specifically Designed for Grades K-2 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Interventionists, and Administrators

Dozens of effective strategies to enhance your small group reading instruction— regardless of the reading curriculum you use
Powerful instructional routines to strengthen foundational skills including phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension
Demonstrations and examples of best-practice methods and routines
Model lessons, digital resources, and an extensive digital resource handbook filled with practical ideas, strategies, and activities you can use tomorrow

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Are you searching for ways to strengthen your small group reading instruction and make it more engaging and fun for your students? Join experienced teacher, literacy leader, staff developer, and instructional reading coach Annemarie Johnson as she shares powerful instructional techniques and research-based, classroom-tested strategies that really work. This seminar is designed to enhance any reading curriculum.

During this interactive seminar, you will gain insights as you see and experience demonstrations that model powerful small group reading instruction methods you can adapt and use immediately. You will leave with a wealth of highly practical ideas, strategies, and activities that you can incorporate into any grades K-2 reading program.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Maximize the Power of Your Small Group Reading Instruction
Expand your small group reading intervention options and learn how to more effectively implement flexible small groups … Best practices in conducting small groups for reading phonics, fluency, comprehension, and engagement
Help Students Who Have Fallen Behind in Reading
Help your students who have fallen behind by responsively addressing grade-level reading goals … Discover timesaving, practical tools and resources for differentiating to support K-2 students’ unique learning needs
Unlock the Key Components of Research-Based Small Groups
Learn how to make your small groups diagnostic, prescriptive, and flexible … Replace level-based grouping with skills-based grouping … Explore strategies for making your literacy instruction more explicit, engaging, and permanent
Align Your Teaching With Current Reading Research
Learn the do’s and don’ts of small-group reading instruction … Discover what research reveals about accelerating progress for struggling readers and making learning to read easier for all students
Foster and Support Strong Foundational Skills
Use small group reading instruction to provide extra support with phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension … Focus on the foundational skills your K-2 students need
Powerfully Drive Your Small Group Reading Instruction
See how to use practical assessments to plan instruction that will meet each student’s needs … Identify and address the diverse needs of your K-2 readers using step-by-step approaches
Leverage Your Tier 1 Whole Group Instruction
Explore the important role your Tier 1 instruction can play in planning and maximizing your small group time … Take away quick tips to strengthen your Tier 1 reading instruction
Watch Demonstration Small Group Reading Lessons in Action
See sample demonstrations of small group instruction methods and routines … Leave with step-by-step models you can immediately try with your own students
Increase Reading Motivation, Engagement, and Independence
Gain tips for increasing independence and stamina so that you can more easily work with small groups … Provide authentic, joyful reading and writing experiences for “the rest of the class” … Build a community of motivated readers
Receive an Extensive Digital Resource Handbook and Special Online Access
Leave with an extensive reading instruction digital resource handbook, packed with a wealth of small group instruction strategies that can be implemented immediately in any instructional setting … Receive special online access to Annemarie’s Padlet, a growing library of digital resources— designed specifically for this seminar

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

Innovative instructional strategies that expand your repertoire of small group reading instruction options
Numerous ideas, strategies, and demonstrations to strengthen and enrich your current reading program
Step-by-step ways to assess K-2 readers and create small group plans to address individual needs
Research-based methods for grouping students to accelerate their growth
How to anticipate the variety of ways readers struggle and proactively differentiate your instruction accordingly
Successful techniques for replacing leveled guided reading groups with flexible, skills-based small groups
Flexible grouping options to help meet the diverse needs of your readers
Practical tips for breaking reading skills down into step-by-step strategies to accelerate progress for students who have fallen behind
Strategies for shoring up foundational skills including phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, and vocabulary
Outstanding professional resources and websites perfect for strengthening your small group reading instruction
Rinse-and-repeat instructional routines to save loads of planning time
Ideas, Ideas, Ideas – how to create differentiated small group instruction plans, the secrets of making your reading instruction stick, methods to motivate and engage your most reluctant readers, and more!

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Most educators agree that small group reading instruction is a powerful, time-efficient way to meet the diverse needs of our students. But not everyone agrees on the best ways to structure these approaches. And even when we do, many questions and challenges remain.

If you’re like many educators I’ve worked with, you have likely asked yourself questions including:

How do I best form small groups? By levels or skills?
I want to use small groups, but how do I best implement them?
How do I make sure my small group instruction is truly differentiated?
What are the rest of my students doing while I work with a small group?

These are just a few of the topics we will explore! In addition, we’ll look at practical ways that we can make our small group reading lessons more explicit, strategic, and engaging so that reading skills really stick for our grades K-2 students.

During our day together, I will share dozens of methods and routines that you will be able to implement in your classroom immediately – regardless of the reading curriculum you use. We will also explore ways to support students in a variety of reading skill areas: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency,
and comprehension.

Join me for a fast-paced, strategy-packed day that promises to energize you and take your small group reading instruction to new levels.

Sincerely,
Annemarie Johnson

P.S. Your time is so valuable and taking a day out of your classroom can be challenging. I promise to make this a worthwhile day for you and to fill your toolbox with valuable resources.

Who Should Attend

Grades K-2 Teachers, Reading Specialists, Literacy Coaches, Title I Staff, Special Education Staff, Interventionists, and Administrators

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Small Group Reading Instruction Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:

Tips and ideas for strengthening your small group reading instruction
Practical, ready-to-use strategies to engage your grades K-2 students with hands-on, minds-on activities
Effective ways to teach reading skills explicitly and systematically to positively impact literacy success for all students
Engaging ways to scaffold instruction for K-2 readers through explicit teaching, modeling, and gradual release of responsibility
Highly effective tips for motivating and inspiring even struggling and reluctant readers
Special access to additional online resources and tools— designed specifically for this seminar

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 maximizing the power of their small group reading instruction.

Consultation Available
Annemarie Johnson will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your reading program.

On-Site Training Guarantee

BER is not a booking agency that just finds a presenter who presents on the topic you requested. Rather, we only recommend highly experienced BER presenters who have consistently received outstanding evaluations from educators attending their trainings.

Consequently, we provide a strong program guarantee.

We guarantee you'll be fully satisfied or you'll owe us nothing after your on-site training event.