Comprehension
Description
Developed by renowned reading specialist Dr. Louisa Moats in collaboration with Sopris West Educational Services, this two-day seminar is designed specifically to support teachers as they implement the scientifically research based instruction in Houghton Mifflin Reading, which aligns with the Reading First Initiative and No Child Left Behind legislation. The format of instruction in LETRS allows for deep learning and reflection beyond the brief “once over” treatment this topic is typically given. This intense seminar moves beyond in-service and is more like a college course. It is designed 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
This two-day course gives you the understanding you need to provide the most effective, research-based comprehension instruction using Houghton Mifflin Reading. It helps you to
- Realize the major factors that influence comprehension
- Understand how the text itself can determine a reader's ability to comprehend
- Explore the challenge of academic language
- Become familiar with the techniques for teaching sentence and text structure
- Differentiate among the instructional strategies that are most useful before, during and after reading
- Explore the comprehension lessons in Houghton Mifflin Reading
- Participate in practice activities for teaching the comprehension lessons.