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The 6-module series is a total of 45 hours of PD content. Each module is approximately 6-8 hours and contains 6-8 lessons. Each lesson is approximately 45 min to 1 hour.

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The 6-module series is a total of 45 hours of PD content. Each module is approximately 6-8 hours and contains 6-8 lessons. Each lesson is approximately 45 min to 1 hour.

Join us for this two-day event, diving into the renowned Notice and Note signposts strategies for close reading. Whether you are new to these techniques or simply seeking a refresher, this workshop will help you create engaged, enthusiastic readers in your classroom. Day one delves into signposts for literary texts and day two explores their use in nonfiction. With examples spanning across grade levels, every educator will find valuable insights to enhance reading comprehension and engagement.

Participants will:

• Learn why the Notice and Note Literary Signposts help students read closely and critically. 

• Practice identifying the literary signposts in a range of texts: picture books, poetry, chapter books, and novels

Grade Level: K-8

Cris Tovani
Now, more than ever before, teachers face the daunting challenge of getting and keeping students engaged. Readying themselves by anticipating students’ needs can help them be prepared for the dreaded question, “Why do I have to read this?” 
When students wear the mask of disengagement, it’s often because they claim boredom or they are truly stuck.  During this two-day workshop, Cris Tovani will dive deeper into how to plan for full engagement.  She will share ways to help teachers anticipate students’ learning roadblocks and provide strategies to support striving readers so they can remember and reuse what they read.  Participants will leave with concrete ideas to plan for engagement and re-engage those hard-to-hook students. (Grades 5-12)

Topics that will be addressed over the two days:

• Teaching students to be metacognitive and the strategies to help them repair meaning

• Triangulating our beliefs with practices and finding the researchers who “have our back”

• Creating compelling topics to cradle the required standards  

• Building text students so that all students can access content  

• Using learning targets and matched tasks to get and give feedback  

Dive into the foundational skills of reading and comprehension in modules covering:

• Phonology/Phonological Awareness

• Developing Reading and Spelling

• Phonics Fundamentals

• Advanced Phonics Fluency

• Grammar

• Vocabulary

• Reading Comprehension