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Adapting Reading by Design
Learn how to adapt content, methodology, and delivery of instruction (specially designed instruction) of Reading by Design: An Individualized Literacy Intervention.
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Reading by Design
An Individualized Literacy Intervention is a systematic, multisensory approach aligned with research-based practices for developing literacy. This dyslexia intervention follows an intensive, explicit, and cumulative design for remediation of reading and writing skills at all grade levels.
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Merging Explicit Instruction with Dyslexia Strategies for All Students: Assessment
Practice, practice, practice. This is not always the first choice of human beings, and/yet if initial instruction is not yoked to judicious practice (I do, We do, You do), skills will not be retained. In this session, you will discover best practices for implementing well-designed, distributed and cumulative practice for all students including students with dyslexia and other reading challenges.
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Reading and Writing Across Curriculum
This course introduces educators to four different reading and writing strategies that may be used across all content areas and grade levels. You will learn engagement practices, scaffolding practices and check for understanding practices to help meet the needs of all learners.
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Book Clubs - Activating Engagement and Autonomy in the Secondary ELAR Classroom
What happens when students gather around a common text of their choosing to talk, think, make connections, and reflect? Magic! According to the Teachers College at Columbia University, when students participate in book clubs, their autonomy and self-efficacy i
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Essentials for Engagement in the Secondary ELAR Classroom
The first few years as an English teacher are spent learning about the TEKS, lesson sequencing, and differentiating instruction for the diverse learners in today’s secondary ELAR classroom. But perhaps the most elusive of skills to acquire is that of keeping s
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Literacy Leadership Forum
Our Region 13 Content Services Leadership Forums provide opportunities for Curriculum Directors, Coordinators, and Specialists to network and stay updated on the latest news from the Texas Education Agency. These meetings are highly collaborative, participant-
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Author’s Purpose in Poetry
Figuring out how to teach the author’s purpose and message in poetry is one of the most difficult tasks secondary ELAR teachers face during the school year. While annotation techniques like TP-CASTT or SIFT can guide students in what to look for while reading
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De-stressing the Secondary RLA STAAR Review through Learning Transfer and Play
The English Language Arts STAAR assessments have always been a challenge for both teachers and students, and the high stakes and RLA redesign of STAAR can bring feelings of uncertainty and panic. But never fear! You’ve crafted a career of helping students le
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Author's Craft and Purpose: Mentor Texts
We hope you'll join us for this interactive workshop examining the demands of the ELAR TEKS and acquiring instructional strategies to support all students learning to become exemplar readers and writers.
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Merging Explicit Instruction with Dyslexia Strategies for All Students: Assessment In-Person
Practice, practice, practice. This is not always the first choice of human beings, and/yet if initial instruction is not yoked to judicious practice (I do, We do, You do), skills will not be retained. In this session, you will discover best practices for implementing well-designed, distributed and cumulative practice for all students including students with dyslexia and other reading challenges.
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