Differentiated Instruction Workshop
Levels: K–6
Length: 1 day
Audience: K–6 classroom teachers, English learner and special education staff, site and district literacy administrators, and literacy coaches
Description
This one-day workshop is designed to facilitate the implementation of a three-tier approach within elementary schools. The session will present the three levels of student need (benchmark, strategic, and intensive) and the elements of instruction that can be differentiated (pace, complexity, and degree of explicitness). Participants will learn effective techniques to manage instruction and receive a 21-day planner. Techniques to support advanced learners will also be covered.
Participant Outcomes
- Become familiar with the three-tier approach to differentiation.
- Learn which instructional elements can be differentiated.
- Experience and practice techniques for managing differentiated instruction.
Vocabulary Development Workshop, K-6
Levels: K–6
Length: 1 day
Audience: Administrators, classroom teachers, English learner teachers, special education teachers, literacy coaches, and reading specialists
Description
This workshop provides educators with current research and effective practices to develop vocabulary knowledge in elementary school children. Participants learn and practice research-proven methods to directly teach important content vocabulary, teach students to figure out unknown words using simple word-learning techniques, and engage in fun and stimulating activities that foster “word consciousness.”
Participant Outcomes
- Know the current research on vocabulary development.
- Learn effective techniques for teaching specific words and effective strategies for teaching students to figure out unfamiliar words while reading.
- Have a repertoire of active strategies for promoting “word consciousness.”
Functional Grammar and Writing for Elementary Workshop
Levels: K–6
Length: 2 days
Audience: Classroom teachers, resource teachers, and school administrators implementing writing instruction for elementary-level students
Description
This workshop provides teachers with the knowledge and strategies for teaching writing to both primary- and upper-grade elementary students, from basic sentence construction through longer compositions.
Participant Outcomes
- Become familiar with effective practices in writing instruction.
- Understand the differences between modern and traditional grammar.
- Understand the structure of English sentences and how to teach the sentence at a level of complexity appropriate for elementary students.
- Become familiar with expository text structures.
- Learn how to teach paragraph writing.
- Understand the structure and organization of longer compositions and selected essay types.
Multisyllabic Words and Fluency Workshop, K-6
Levels: K–6
Length: 1 day
Audience: Administrators, classroom teachers, English learner teachers, special education teachers, literacy coaches, and reading specialists
Description
This session addresses the techniques that help students transition from reading single-syllable words to reading multisyllabic words. In addition, participants learn effective techniques to foster reading fluency: accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
Participant Outcomes
- Understand the research on fluency and link research to practice.
- Gain clear and explicit models of instructional routines.
- Practice using instructional routines specific to the multisyllabic words and fluency.
Comprehension Workshop, K-6
Levels: K–6
Length: 1 day
Audience: Administrators, classroom teachers, English learner teachers, special education teachers, literacy coaches, and reading specialists
Description
This session focuses on the different ways to assist students to access both narrative and informational texts. Specific reading skills and strategies—including questioning, graphic organizers, and monitoring techniques—are presented using explicit instruction, with hands-on lesson models and practice.
Participant Outcomes
- Understand the research on comprehension and link research to practice.
- Gain clear and explicit models of instructional routines.
- Practice using instructional routines specific to comprehension.
Reading Fundamentals
Levels: K–12
Length: 3 days
Audience: Administrators and teachers
Description
This three-session course covers the fundamentals of teaching reading. It is neither as extensive nor as deep as the Reading Academy; however, it can serve as a review or a short overview of five critical topics: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Participant Outcomes
- Understand the basic principles of five critical reading foundational skills.
- See models of instructional lessons.
- Practice specific routines.
Selecting Research-Based Materials Workshop
Levels: K–6, 6–8, or 9–12 (intervention)
Length: 1 half-day per grade-level group
Audience: Curriculum and textbook adoption teams and/or school site staff
Description
This workshop provides guidance for any reading textbook and materials selection committee as they determine what materials will meet their needs and support the research on teaching reading. After using CORE’s “Consumer’s Guide” to making good material purchases, participants leave with criteria to consider and suggested resources. CORE does not recommend a specific program, but rather educates the decision makers so that they can make a truly informed decision based on their own needs.
Participant Outcomes
- Leave with criteria to consider and suggested resources.
- Efficiently narrow materials search.