Enhance Your Reading Instruction: Practical Applications of the SCIENCE OF READING (Grades K-2)

Presented by Annemarie Johnson
Outstanding Teacher and International Presenter

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

Key takeaways from the Science of Reading research with practical implications and suggestions for whole and small group instruction – no matter what reading program you use
Practical classroom activities and interventions grounded in the Science of Reading to strengthen and accelerate the reading, writing, and spelling achievement of ALL students
Dozens of effective strategies and activities to strengthen students' phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and oral language skills
Receive an extensive Science of Reading digital resource handbook with dozens of practical strategies

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Reading is an art and a science. For decades, we have searched for the best ways to engage and teach all our students. If you are curious to know in practical terms how the Science of Reading (SOR) research can be woven into your existing reading program, then this seminar is for you! In this seminar, outstanding literacy specialist and national presenter Annemarie Johnson will share not just HOW children best learn to read, but WHAT you can specifically do to ensure their success as readers. Join Annemarie for a fast-paced day jam-packed with practical, use-tomorrow ideas. Supported by decades of research, these classroom-tested SOR strategies will enhance and strengthen your literacy instruction – no matter what reading program you use.

Annemarie will show you how to make the most of every reading lesson and how to implement these strategies seamlessly into any reading program as soon as you return to your classroom. You will leave with dozens of practical, ready-to-use SOR strategies!

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

Address the Critical Components of Early Literacy
Learn practical, highly effective ways to address phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and oral language … Learn how our brains process oral and written language and why it matters!
Better Identification of Students' Strengths and Needs
Learn how the Simple View of Reading and Scarborough's Reading Rope work together to help us better understand the various strands of literacy … Better strategies for identifying students' strengths and needs in order to target instruction
Practical Strategies to Help Your Struggling Readers and Pre-Readers
Classroom-tested ideas for more effectively working with students who have not mastered important pre-reading and/or reading skills
Build a Strong Foundation for Reading by Teaching Phonemic Awareness Using Research-Based Methods
Learn dozens of activities to teach all areas of phonological awareness – word awareness, rhyme, syllable awareness, alliteration, onset/rime, phoneme segmentation, phoneme blending, and phoneme manipulation
Learn the Key Components of a Strong, Science-Aligned Phonics Program
Explore what the research says should be included in every phonics program … Use this information to align or strengthen your own
Work SMARTER, Not Harder When Teaching Sight Words
Examine what research says about teaching sight words and learn new strategies that really work – for all students!
Practical Strategies to Strengthen Whole and Small Group Instruction
Explore dozens of practical strategies supported by over 40+ years of Science of Reading research to meet the needs of ALL learners … Practical whole and small group strategies designed for success regardless of the current program or approach you are using
Help Students Avoid Reading Difficulty: Explicit Teaching Techniques
Learn direct and explicit teaching techniques you can use immediately to help ALL students … Gain preventative, preemptive strategies for helping students avoid reading difficulty
Foster and Support Strong Fluency Growth
Discover instructional techniques, materials, and activities that help students read more fluently, building higher capacity for comprehension … Engaging strategies for practicing all dimensions of fluent reading – not just "reading fast"
Receive a Comprehensive Science of Reading Digital Resource Handbook
Return to your school with the latest research from the field of reading … This digital resource handbook is full of ready-to-use, easy-to-implement activities, strategies, and ideas you can use tomorrow with ALL your students

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

What the Science of Reading IS and IS NOT, and how to practically apply the research findings to your classroom beginning TOMORROW
Small changes with a BIG impact on student success you can make in your daily literacy routine
Strategies for teaching phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and oral language skills backed by over 40 years of reading research
Practical and impactful routines you can easily incorporate into your existing literacy instruction and program
Classroom activities and the latest information for strengthening the brain pathways critical to reading, writing, and spelling success
Learn new, practical Science of Reading strategies that really work for teaching sight words more successfully to all students
How to help struggling readers move from "pretend reading" or "guess and check" to a focus on words and the letters and patterns that form them
Dozens of fun, effective strategies for teaching vitally important phonemic awareness skills
Engaging techniques for improving reading fluency, building higher capacity for comprehension
How to keep the joy in your reading instruction while incorporating the Science of Reading research

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As reading teachers, we know the students who walk through the doors of our classrooms each year will have vastly different literacy experiences and abilities. We know that to ensure the literacy success of all our students, it is critically important to assess their needs and strengths and provide the right kinds of classroom instruction and intervention. The Science of Reading (SOR) research provides us with the information we need to support all students – those who struggle with literacy skills and those who are on or above level.

I am excited to share practical, effective practices, rooted in the science of HOW children learn to read, that you can add to your current reading program. I will also give you a wealth of practical ideas, strategies, tips, and tools you can use immediately to work with all your students, especially those struggling to learn foundational literacy skills. Our day together will be filled with easy-to-implement, classroom-tested activities my students love – and yours will, too.

Please join me for an engaging, fun, and worthwhile day that will give you practical ideas and abundant resources for implementing research-based, science-aligned practices in your classroom. Rest assured, whether you are a veteran teacher, a brand-new teacher just starting out, or anywhere in between, EVERYONE will walk away with many quick, practical, and ready-to-use ideas for improving your students' phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language skills.

I look forward to meeting you at the seminar and sharing my passion for literacy with you!

Sincerely,
Annemarie Johnson

P.S. I have designed a special Science of Reading digital resource handbook for this seminar packed with dozens of innovative strategies, activities, and mini-lessons that you can use immediately.

Who Should Attend

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

Special Benefits of Attending

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

A summary of the Science of Reading research and links to more in-depth information and resources
Information about and links to a variety of assessment tools aligned with the Science of Reading
Phonics scope and sequence backed by the Science of Reading
Dozens of easy-to-implement classroom strategies and activities to support oral language, phonological and 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 practical ways to apply SOR to enhance reading instruction.

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

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