Events

Upcoming Keys to Literacy workshops and presentations.

Home » Events

Show All Comprehension Vocabulary Writing Phonics Literacy Planning

Introduction to Letterland: Program Overview

March 31 - April 7, 2020: Webinar

Pick your webinar date: March 31, April 2 or April 7. Are you looking for an engaging, evidence-based and complete program to teach phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling to young children? If the answer is YES, participate in one of these free information webinars! Letterland is the most multi-sensory and fun program we have seen for teaching foundational reading skills. Children learn sound-letter associations, alphabetic principle, phonics for decoding and spelling, and word/text reading fluency through visuals, music, movement, art and role-play. Story-based characters who live in Letterland are at the core of this program. It is aligned to the science of reading and uses a structured, systematic phonics sequence used in Orton-Gillingham instruction.

Phonics

April FREE Webinar Series

April 1 - 30, 2020: Webinar

Register for one or all of the free webinars that are offered during April. The presenter is Joan Sedita, founder of Keys to Literacy and lead author of our literacy professional development programs. Webinar topics include Understanding Dyslexia, Embedding Vocabulary and Comprehension Instruction in All Subjects, Writing in the Content Areas, Keys to Beginning Reading, and Keys to Early Writing.

School & District Literacy Planning

April 3, 2020: Rowley, MA

THIS TRAINING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Does your school or district need a literacy improvement plan? This one-day workshop introduces the Keys to Literacy Planning Model. Participants will learn how to generate a long-term literacy plan that provides a road map for improving student reading, writing and other literacy skills.

Literacy Planning

Understanding Dyslexia

April 10, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Would you like to better understand dyslexia and how it affects your students’ reading ability? This one-day seminar is just what you need! There are many reasons why students struggle with reading and writing skills. For 10 - 15% of students the cause is dyslexia, a neurobiological learning disability that is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent word recognition and poor spelling.This professional development provides the background knowledge about dyslexia that all elementary teachers need in order to understand why students with dyslexia struggle with reading and how to support them in the classroom.

Phonics

Keys to Beginning Reading: Session 2 – Fluency, Oral Language, Sentence Structure

May 7, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We are in the process of determining if this event will remain live, be replaced with a virtual option, or be postponed until a later date. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Would you like to learn science-based instructional suggestions for teaching beginning reading skills to kindergarten to grade 3 students? This course is just what you need! This practical course, organized into nine modules, provides the background knowledge needed to teach all the components of beginning reading instruction. The instructional practices are designed to easily transfer to classroom lessons that can be integrated with any reading curriculum or published reading program. Session 2 covers these module topics: Fluency, Oral Language, Sentence Structure. Attend just this session, or take the full course!

Comprehension, Phonics

Keys to Beginning Reading: Session 3 – Vocabulary

May 8, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We are in the process of determining if this event will remain live, be replaced with a virtual option, or be postponed until a later date. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Contact us for details. Would you like to learn science-based instructional suggestions for teaching beginning reading skills to kindergarten to grade 3 students? This course is just what you need! This practical course, organized into nine modules, provides the background knowledge needed to teach all the components of beginning reading instruction. The instructional practices are designed to easily transfer to classroom lessons that can be integrated with any reading curriculum or published reading program. Session 3 covers this module topic: Vocabulary. Attend just this session, or take the full course!

Vocabulary

Keys to Early Writing

May 14 - 15, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We are in the process of determining if this event will remain live, be replaced with a virtual option, or be postponed until a later date. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Two-day routine trains teachers to introduce basic oral and written expression skills to students in grades K-3.

Writing

Keys to Content Writing Instruction for Grades 6-12

May 27, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We are in the process of determining if this event will remain live, be replaced with a virtual option, or be postponed until a later date. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. This is a one-day revised version developed specifically for this grade range. It includes instructional practices for teaching students how to write in all subject areas using strategies that are aligned with state literacy standards. The training covers topics such as quick writes, content learning tasks, formal writing tasks, the writing process, writing from sources, and using a writing assignment guide.

Writing

Keys to Beginning Reading: Session 4 – Text Structure, Comprehension

May 29, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We are in the process of determining if this event will remain live, be replaced with a virtual option, or be postponed until a later date. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Would you like to learn science-based instructional suggestions for teaching beginning reading skills to kindergarten to grade 3 students? This course is just what you need! This practical course, organized into nine modules, provides the background knowledge needed to teach all the components of beginning reading instruction. The instructional practices are designed to easily transfer to classroom lessons that can be integrated with any reading curriculum or published reading program. Session 4 covers these module topics: Text Structure, Comprehension. Attend just this session, or take the full course!

Comprehension

Keys to Content Writing Instruction for Grades 3-6

June 1 - 2, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We are in the process of determining if this event will remain live, be replaced with a virtual option, or be postponed until a later date. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. This is a two-day revised version developed specifically for this grade range. It includes instructional practices for teaching students how to write in all subject areas using strategies that are aligned with state literacy standards. This training focuses on how to teach specific writing skills such as sentence and paragraph writing, patterns of organization, writing introductions and conclusions, writing from sources, quick writes, and how to use writing to learn content.

Writing

The Key Vocabulary Routine

June 15 - 16, 2020: Canfield, OH

NOTE: We will be monitoring the effect that the Corona Virus may have on the ability to run this as a live event and the option of replacing it with a virtual event. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Contact us for details. Hosted by Ohio State Support Team Region 5. This two-day professional development presents evidence-based instructional practices for teaching academic vocabulary throughout the school day in all subject areas. Participants learn how to teach academic vocabulary using existing content reading instructional materials. When used across multiple grade levels, students benefit from a consistent approach to vocabulary instruction as they move from grade to grade and subject to subject.

Vocabulary

Keys to Beginning Reading – Modules 1, 3 & 4

June 22 - 23, 2020: Canfield, OH

NOTE: We will be monitoring the effect that the Corona Virus may have on the ability to run this as a live event and the option of replacing it with a virtual event. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Contact us for details. Would you like to learn science-based instructional practices for teaching beginning reading skills? Then this course is just what you need! The Ohio State Support Team Region 5 is sponsoring this two-day training that covers Module 1 Reading Basics, Module 3 Phonological Awareness, and Module 4 Phonics of the Keys to Beginning Reading Course.

Phonics

Key Comprehension Routine

June 24 - 25, 2020: Canfield, OH

NOTE: We will be monitoring the effect that the Corona Virus may have on the ability to run this as a live event and the option of replacing it with a virtual event. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Contact us for details.This two-day professional development presents evidence-based instructional practices for teaching comprehension strategies in any content area. Participants learn how to teach a set of strategies that students can apply to support reading comprehension. When used across multiple grade levels, students benefit from a consistent approach to comprehension instruction as they move from grade to grade and subject to subject.

Comprehension

Keys to Beginning Reading: Teacher Training

July 13 - 17, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We will be monitoring the effect that the Corona Virus may have on the ability to run this as a live event and the option of replacing it with a virtual event. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Contact us for details. Would you like to learn science-based instructional suggestions for teaching beginning reading skills? This course is just what you need! This practical course provides the background knowledge needed to teach all the components of beginning reading. The instructional practices are designed to easily transfer to classroom lessons and can be integrated with any reading curriculum or published reading program.

Comprehension, Phonics, Vocabulary

Keys to Beginning Reading: Train-the-Trainer

July 21 - 30, 2020: Rowley, MA

NOTE: We will be monitoring the effect that the Corona Virus may have on the ability to run this as a live event and the option of replacing it with a virtual event. If you register and the event is cancelled, you will be fully refunded. Contact us for details. Is your school district or educational organization looking for science-based reading PD program that has a train-the-trainer option? Keys to Beginning Reading is just what you need! This practical course provides the background knowledge needed to teach all the components of beginning reading. The instructional practices are designed to easily transfer to classroom lessons and can be integrated with any reading curriculum or published reading program.

Comprehension, Phonics, Vocabulary

Events Sponsored by Other Organizations

Keys to Literacy staff members will present at the following events:

elevatedED! Fall Literacy Conference

November 16 - 17, 2020: Charlotte, NC

Sponsored by i-LEADR, Inc. Joan Sedita will be a featured speaker.