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CommonLit: An Online Library of Free Texts

CommonLit provides instructional materials to support literacy development aimed at students in grades 5-12. Included in their library are short...

Station Rotation Model (6-12; All subject areas) with Dr. Catlin Tucker

This session will focus on guiding secondary teachers through the process of taking their linear teacher-led approach to instruction and designing a...

Google Slides: Reading Recordings with Vocaroo

Have you ever thought, "My students just aren't old enough to use Google Slides?" or "I'm not sure I can foster strong reading skills using the...

6 Ways to Use Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Many students use digital storytelling to demonstrate their knowledge and ability to write narrative stories. However, the power of digital...

Digital Storytelling as Authentic Assessment

To help students develop 21st-century skills, they will need to move beyond the traditional tests usually given and provide more authentic,...

Digital Storytelling: Sample Rubric

When you're ready to assess student digital stories, it will be helpful to use a rubric.  There's no need to create your own when Kathy Schrock,...

Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Reading

Learning to read is fundamental to children’s success in school, and the process of developing emergent literacy skills related to future reading...

The Importance of Read Alouds for Middle Schoolers

Should read-alouds happen with kids once they are reading on their own? Please join us to discuss the why and how of reading aloud to middle...

Building Thinking Classrooms in ELA

Guiding Questions: What does an ELA Thinking Classroom look like? What works when applying the "Building Thinking Classrooms" approach to...

Station Rotation Model (K-5; ELA and Math focus) with Dr. Catlin Tucker

This session will focus on how elementary teachers can use the station rotation model in their ELA and math blocks to create more opportunities to...

Early Learning Curriculum Support & Guidance

The release of the Indiana Early Learning Standards provided common language and expectations for early childhood educators. The question now centers...

Teacher Voice for Structured Literacy: A Case Study of District Change

Educators from Mountain Views Supervisory Union in Vermont will share their grassroots-initiated structured literacy change story. How did an...

Kindergarten Readiness Overview

Information to support families around the topic of kindergarten readiness.

Your Brain on Books: Reading in a Digital World

This session will discuss the reading brain, what that means in a world with increasingly ubiquitous technology, and the ways that impacts how we...

Talking Points

Talking Points offers two-way auto-translation between teachers and families. No smartphones, computers, or wifi are required; for families, getting...

The Hidden Potential of the Science of Reading: Screening and Instructing Language in Early Childhood

Think the Science of Reading begins with formal reading instruction? Think again! Join speech-language pathologist and literacy leader, Dr. Nell...

It’s not you, it’s your system: Aligning a Multi-tiered System of Support for All Readers

The Reading League of Indiana Science of Reading Experts Explain Series featuring Genevieve Thomas.ResourcesPresentation SlidesIt's not you, it's...

Teaching Word Recognition Skills with Dr. Katie Pace Miles

The science of reading is not just about word recognition skills, but efficient word recognition is critical to fluent reading and reading...

The Nuts n' Bolts of Aligning a Multi-tiered System of Support

Data-based individualization offers schools a framework for intensifying instruction while maintaining alignment across tiers of an MTSS.  Join...

Benefits and Costs of Whole Group and Small Group

How can schools effectively use data to know if students are getting the instruction they need to be successful readers? Join Jamey Peavler to learn...