Webinars

Developing Fluent Readers With Dr. Neil J. Anderson

Reading fluency is receiving increased visibility in classrooms around the world, yet many programs fail to understand how to fully integrate this essential reading skill into a reading curriculum. Likewise, programs face challenges in knowing how to explicitly develop this important skill. Teachers and Program Administrators struggle with knowing how to balance both silent and oral reading fluency instruction. Most fluency assessments focus on oral fluency. Anderson maintains that if you want to develop strong, fluent oral readers you must first develop strong, fluent silent readers.

Anderson defines reading fluency as reading at an appropriate rate with adequate comprehension. This webinar will focus on how this definition can be implemented in classrooms. He will review the pedagogical rationale for building reading fluency and suggest activities that teachers, especially those working with second language readers, can use for explicit classroom instruction on how to build and improve reading fluency.

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Making Time for all Five Core Reading Components with Betty Coneway

This Webinar will define and explain the components of core-reading instruction based on current reading research. Betty will give practical ideas to help busy teachers integrate important reading instruction that can impact all subject areas. The information presented will also describe how various grouping patterns enhance and impact students' learning.

Betty has taught kindergarten through second grade for 18 years. The majority of those years were spent as a first-grade teacher. earned a master's of education (in reading) from West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) in 2006 and has been the reading intervention specialist for the Hereford, Texas, School District for the past two years. Currently, she is working on a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with a focus on language and literacy at Texas Tech University.

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The Importance of Foundational Phonics in Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers with Linda Eversole

This Webinar addresses key issues facing adolescent students who struggle with reading. Current research stresses the importance of building a solid foundation for these students which should include teaching phonics and word attack skills in an explicit, systematic way. Linda Eversole, literacy specialist, is well versed in current reading research and in meeting the needs of varying student populations. This is a content-rich Web presentation, ideal for educators and administrators who work with adolescents.

Linda is a curriculum writer and literacy specialist. She has conducted hundreds of lectures and workshops nationwide and trained tens of thousands of teachers and administrators in effective techniques to improve reading. She has authored numerous articles, books, and computer scripts to effectively teach at-risk populations.

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Creating Synergy between Mainstream Reading Instruction and Special Education, with Stacy Hurst

This Webinar addresses key issues facing elementary educators, including how to build consistency and uniformity from the mainstream classroom to special education/intervention and the importance of supplementing the basal curriculum. Stacy Hurst, a reading specialist from Cedar City, Utah, is well versed in current reading research and meeting the needs of varying student populations. This is a content-rich Web presentation, ideal for all elementary educators and administrators.

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Love for Learning Webinar with Brian Brown

Brian Brown has taught in correctional education since 1983. His effective practices have helped thousands of struggling juveniles gain confidence and self-esteem by lighting a fire for learning. Download it to learn how to:

• Instill a love of learning in students who have fallen through the cracks.
• Address the needs of students at varying levels of ability.
• Raise scores for students who are functioning below a sixth grade level.

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ESL Strategies Webinar with Heidi Hyte

Learn practical ideas for using bottom up strategies with your ESL/ESOL students! Heidi Hyte, ESL instructor from Brigham Young University, hosted this Webinar. Download it now to learn:

• Practical approaches for teaching reading strategies to ESL/ESOL learners.
• Top-down, bottom-up, and interactive strategies to teaching reading.
• Rationale for the role of students’ phonemic awareness.
• Participants will be able to take away practical ideas of how to apply bottom-up strategies for teaching second language reading.

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