Reading

This institute will provide fresh ideas for integrating reading instruction into any content area, especially when the text is complex and challenging. No longer is it okay for students to read a text at the surface level; they must read deeper.  The state standards (TEKS) and assessment system (STAAR) call for a close analysis of […]

Every day secondary English/Language Arts teachers face students with different independent and instructional reading levels within the same classroom. In today’s climate of high-stakes testing, they consequently confront a seemingly impossible task: facilitating student mastery of the TEKS SEs when many students read below grade level and need differentiated instruction in order to develop the […]

Literacy coaching has swept the nation, and for good reason. Literacy coaching can dramatically increase student success by enhancing teacher decision-making and instruction. However, some literacy coaching does not produce lasting success; in these programs, teachers go through the motions of making superficial changes and then quickly revert to less-successful practices and perspectives. This workshop […]

Reading involves lifting meaning from the printed page.  Comprehension occurs when skilled readers interact with the text and self-question, infer, make connections, summarize, synthesize and relate. As STAAR requires close reading and an ability to provide text evidence, participants in this session will explore approaches for teaching these important skills.