School-Based Seminar
Writing to Persuade
developed by Karen Caine
In this seminar teachers will learn how to teach students to express an opinion, support their ideas with evidence, elaborate, and convince. Whether students are writing personal persuasive letters, editorials, essays, or public service announcements, the art and science of persuasion is one that students will be asked to use over and over again in their lives and one worth studying.
One-Day Workshops
Units of Study Across the Year in Upper Grade Reading: Grades 3–5
Presented by Lucy Calkins
In Units of Study Across the Year in Upper Grade Reading, bestselling author Lucy Calkins will help participants plan and teach a year-long curriculum for readers, grades 3–5. Lucy is just completing a firsthand series to support this work.
Open-Enrollment Webinars
When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works Online Book Study
Presented by Joyce Gordon
This webinar series is designed to enable educators to "dig a bit deeper" into some of the concepts presented in Fountas and Pinnell's latest book, When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works. It is designed to help teachers think about how to transform their teaching with practices that will enable them to reach children who have become confused by the demands of literacy tasks.
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Using the Continuum of Literacy Learning as a Foundation for Instructional Decision Making in Reading
Irene Fountas
,
Gay Su Pinnell
One Day Workshop / Grade Level: K - 8
Locations:
- Charlotte, NC(2/18/2010)
- Louisville, KY(2/23/2010)
- Secaucus, NJ(4/22/2010)
- Windsor Locks, CT(4/23/2010)
When Readers Struggle: Teaching That Works
Irene Fountas
,
Gay Su Pinnell
One Day Workshop / Grade Level: K - 3
Locations:
- Charlotte, NC(2/19/2010)
- Philadelphia, PA(4/21/2010)
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“I LOVED this conference. I'll never look at reading the same way again. Thank you for the opportunity to change and improve. This was the most valuable conference of my educational career.”
—Reading Teacher, San Antonio, Texas
“I can't begin to express how fulfilling this institute has been in my career as an educator. I not only feel more motivated to continue teaching but I also feel more liberated to be brave enough to make change happen within my instructional practices.”
—Sixth Grade Teacher, Waterbury, Connecticut