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Key Comprehension Routine: Grades 4-12 (Live Virtual Training)

February 10 - March 3, 2021: Virtual

2 FULL DAYS: February 10 & March 3. This virtual 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. This session will be live using Zoom Meeting and other remote learning technology.

Comprehension

School & District Literacy Planning (Live Virtual)

February 10, 2021: Virtual

Does your school or district need a literacy improvement plan? Participate in this half-day live, virtual session to 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

The Key Vocabulary Routine (Live Virtual Training)

February 12 - March 5, 2021: Virtual

2 FULL DAYS: February 12 & March 5. This virtual 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. The session will be live using Zoom Meeting and other remote learning technology.

Vocabulary

The Key Comprehension Routine: Grades 4-12 Facilitated Online Course

February 16 - March 16, 2021: Virtual

Live sessions Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm EDT, February 23, March 2, March 9, March 16. This 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. The format is a facilitated online course combining online course modules with live, virtual meetings.

Comprehension

The Key Vocabulary Routine: Grades 3-12 Facilitated Online Course

February 24 - March 24, 2021: Virtual

Live Sessions: Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 EDT, March 3, 10, 17, 24. This 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. The format is a facilitated online course combining online course modules with live, virtual meetings.

Vocabulary

Keys to Beginning Reading – Phonology & Phonics Modules 1, 3 & 4 (Virtual Live)

February 24 - March 17, 2021: Virtual

2 FULL DAYS: February 24 & March 17. Would you like to learn science-based instructional practices for teaching beginning reading skills? Then this course is just what you need! This two-day training covers Module 1 Reading Basics, Module 3 Phonological Awareness, and Module 4 Phonics of the Keys to Beginning Reading Course. This session will be live using Zoom Meeting and other remote learning technology.

Phonics

Keys to Content Writing, Grades 3-6 (Live Virtual Training)

March 3 - 24, 2021: Virtual

Two FULL DAYS: March 3 & March 24. This virtual, live professional development focuses on teaching students in grades 3-6 how to write in all subject areas. Participants learn best practices to address the writing requirements of Common Core standards, including frequent writing in all content areas that includes short and longer writing tasks.

Writing

Keys to Content Writing: Grades 4-8 Facilitated Online Course

March 4 - April 1, 2021: Virtual

This professional development presents instructional practices for three kinds of writing tasks: Quick Writes, Content Learning Tasks, and Formal Writing Assignments. The training includes sentence and paragraph skills, patterns of organization, writing introductions and conclusions, writing from sources, and how to use writing to learn content. The format is a facilitated online course combining online course modules with live, virtual meetings.

Writing

Keys to Early Writing (Live Virtual Training)

March 10 - April 7, 2021: Virtual

2 FULL DAYS: March 10 & April 7. This 2-day professional development trains teachers to introduce basic oral and written expression skills to students in grades K-2. This training translates the research on effective writing for young students into practical teaching suggestions that are aligned to state writing standards for grades K-2.

Writing

Keys to Content Writing, Grades 6-12 (Live Virtual)

March 17, 2021: Virtual

One FULL Day: March 17. This virtual, live professional development focuses on teaching students in middle and high school how to write in all subject areas. Participants learn best practices to address the writing requirements of Common Core standards, including frequent writing in all content areas that includes short and longer writing tasks.

Writing

Understanding Dyslexia (Live Virtual Training)

March 17, 2021: Virtual

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 Close Reading (Live Virtual Training)

March 19, 2021: Virtual

Literacy standards emphasize the use of challenging text at all grade levels and for students to apply close reading skills. Close reading means figuring out what a text says by thinking critically about the words and ideas in the text. Most students need explicit instruction for how to read text closely, and educators can provide this instruction by planning and conducting close reading lessons. During this professional development, educators learn how to plan and conduct a close reading lesson for students in grades 2-12.

Comprehension

Keys to Adolescent Literacy (Live Virtual Training)

March 24, 2021: Virtual

This half-day workshop provides an overview of what literacy instruction should look like in grades 5-12 for all students and for students who struggle with reading and writing. The session begins with an introduction to the development of reading and writing skills and why some students have difficulty learning these skills.

Comprehension

Keys to Beginning Reading – Vocabulary & Comprehension Modules 6 & 9 (Virtual Live)

April 7 - 28, 2021: Virtual

2 FULL DAYS: April 7 & April 28. Would you like to learn science-based instructional practices for teaching beginning reading skills? This two-day session covers two of the 11 modules that make up a full course: Vocabulary and Comprehension.

Comprehension, Phonics, Vocabulary

Keys to Argument Writing (Live Virtual)

April 14, 2021: Virtual

During this one-day professional development, participants will learn instructional practices for teaching students in grades 5-12 how to write argument pieces in any subject area. The training will focus on students’ ability to write sound arguments using text evidence to support a position in a reasoned and logical way. The content is aligned to state writing standards.

Writing

Events Sponsored by Other Organizations

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

Dyslexia Training Institute 5th Annual Virtual Conference

April 5 - 23, 2021: Virtual

Joan Sedita will present a session on "Keys to Beginning Reading Basics"