Keys to Adolescent Literacy Session G:

Advanced Word Study & Fluency

(Live Virtual Training)

This is a half day training.  Registration deadline is February 2, 2026.

A copy of the Essentials of Adolescent Literacy training book is required for this session and is not included in the registration fee.  The book can be purchased on the Keys to Literacy website.

Live Virtual Professional Development

The Keys trainer will use Zoom video conferencing to deliver this training in an interactive format using features such as breakout rooms and chat.  Sessions are not recorded - attendance only in real time.

Provide grades 5-12 educators with foundational literacy knowledge and adolescent literacy insights to support reading, writing, and engagement across all content areas.

Grounded in more than 20 years of experience and the latest research on effective adolescent literacy instruction, Keys to Adolescent Literacy provides powerful professional learning designed to enhance student literacy achievement incorporating Joan Sedita's The Essentials of Adolescent Literacy book.

This session provides grades 5–12 educators with a foundational understanding of how phonics, advanced word study, and fluency contribute to efficient reading comprehension. It also examines why some older students struggle with reading and spelling due to a lack of proficiency in these essential skills. Subject-area teachers learn a consistent, cross-disciplinary word analysis routine that helps students read, spell, and determine the meanings of unfamiliar multisyllabic words across all subjects. The session also addresses the differing needs of fluent and dysfluent readers.

Training Description

The following topics are covered in this session:

• Phonics and Advanced Word Study Across Grades 5-12
• Overview of Fluency
• Strategies for Reading and Spelling Multisyllabic Words
• A Word-Analysis Routine
• Teaching Morphemes

Connecting This Session to Keys to Literacy’s Comprehensive Professional Learning Suite: This session can stand alone as an overview of advanced word study and fluency.  It complements and pairs well with Session H “Supporting Adolescents with Literacy Difficulties.”

ADDRESS TO SHIP BOOK

**Please note that training books will need to be mailed to participants.  Books will be mailed to the billing address provided, unless noted otherwise in the notes section of the online registration or sent to us by email.

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REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY

• If you cancel 3 days or more prior to training, you will be issued a 50% refund.
• No refunds will be issued for "no shows" or cancellations within 72 hours of training.
• Substitutions accepted.