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Mid-Book Study Discussion – Effective Universal Instruction

Virtual

Join us for a live, virtual mid-study session where we'll discuss the importance of the universal tier and how to use data to make decisions. This session is being held for Kansas educators that are interested in learning more about this topic. To Register, visit https://bit.ly/EffectiveInstructionTRLKS

Free

Instructional Practices to Support Reading Comprehension of Content-Area Texts with Dr. Elizabeth Stevens

The purpose of this presentation is to assist teachers with understanding and implementing reading comprehension-supportive practices for students with reading difficulties, including students with dyslexia.  Learning Objectives: Identify the characteristics of typical readers and students experiencing reading difficulty Summarize prior research on reading comprehension practices Explain why vocabulary knowledge is important for reading comprehension Identify tiered words and select important words to teach Identify the components of explicit vocabulary instruction Describe and implement a routine for explicitly teaching essential words Identify the steps in question generation Identify the steps in main idea generation Practice using the questioning and main idea [...]

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