The Challenge of Learning to Read
Description
Developed by renowned reading specialist Dr. Louisa Moats in collaboration with Sopris West Educational Services, this one-day seminar is designed specifically to support administrators, supervisors, and coaches as they oversee the implementation of the scientifically research based instruction in Houghton Mifflin Reading, which aligns with the Reading First Initiative and No Child Left Behind legislation. This seminar moves beyond understanding the routines and instructional plans of the program to teach educators about the language structures being taught, how students learn best, and how to overcome the challenges to the process of learning to read.
Objectives
Addressing the process of learning to read and its common obstacles, this one-day LETRS seminar is eligible for Reading First funding and provides an understanding of
- Reading as a national priority
- The challenge of learning to read
- The process of learning to read
- Strategies that good readers use to read
- Necessary components of effective reading instruction
- Symptoms and causes of reading disabilities
- How Houghton Mifflin Reading provides the instruction necessary to prompt student success.