Foster Reading for Enjoyment, Meaning, and Learning
In this video-based mini-course, you will learn how to use an informal reading conference as an efficient and effective tool for comprehensive reading assessment. Through conducting a one-on-one reading conference, you will be able to ensure all your students are self-selecting books for enjoyment and deep understanding and are not just moving through texts. Observe how Regie guides students in a diverse classroom to become self-monitoring readers through building on their strengths, strategically teaching what skills and strategies the student needs next to move forward, identifying goals with the student, and raising expectations for quality and quantity of reading.
Course Objectives
- Learn how to support your students and set up an environment that fosters reading for enjoyment, meaning, and learning
- Observe the shared demonstration—the “we do it” phase of the Optimal Learning Model, in order to guide all students’ book selection before handing over the reading responsibility to them
- Reflect on how an informal reading conference can be used to celebrate the benefits of choosing a just-right book
- Internalize the idea that the purpose of all reading instruction is for students to become independent, joyful, comprehending readers, who monitor and self-direct their own reading
- Discover how to stay current with each student’s reading likes, dislikes, strengths, and needs for reading instruction
Session Titles
Session 1: Knowing Yourself as a Reader
Session 2: Helping Students Choose Just-Right Books
Session 3: Checking Students’ Understanding Through Informal Reading Conferences
Session 4: Using an Informal Reading Conference to Change a Child’s Life
Credit/CEUs:
On completion of this course, you will be awarded a certificate for 5 contact hours, or .5 CEUs.
This is a four-session On-Demand Mini-Course. You can also consider enrolling in Regie Routman’s Single-Session Course Transforming Our Teaching Through Reading-Writing Connections, Grades K-1.
This is an On-Demand Mini-Course presented by Heinemann Online PD. Course access is 365 days from the date it is activated. Please note, access cannot be extended past 365 days.
Note: We encourage group participation; however, we require that each person be registered and be included in the subscription payment. For group pricing information please call 800-541-2086, ext. 1100.
