Science of Reading Deep Dive Instructional Series
$430 per participant (must attend both days)
Design your own adventure as you unlock the full potential of skilled reading by diving deep into the language comprehension strand of the reading rope. This dynamic instructional series is designed to enhance teachers' expertise in key areas of reading instruction that directly support language comprehension.
Each session is packed with practical strategies, actionable tips, and effective tools, empowering you to create engaging, student-centered routines that breathe new life into your literacy instruction. Leave equipped with fresh ideas to ignite enthusiasm in your classroom and foster a deeper connection to learning for all students.
Benefits
You can choose any or all of the workshops in this series! This opportunity allows you to tailor strategies and approaches to your unique classroom needs, ensuring that your instruction is both impactful and relevant to your students' learning journey.
Who might benefit from participating?
- K-6 teacher teams
- Literacy coaches
- Literacy specialists
- Curriculum & Instruction Directors
Structure/Schedule
The Power of Syntax: Digging Deeper with High-Leverage Routines
This one-day workshop on syntax will provide participants with an introduction to the fundamental principles of sentence structure, grammar, and phrasing and how these elements influence comprehension and fluency.
Attendees will explore high-leverage routines that can be incorporated into whole-group and small-group instruction to provide opportunities for explicit instruction and practice in syntax and sentence structure.
By the end of the session, participants will have gained valuable tools for teaching and applying syntax-based routines, helping students read complex texts with comprehension and fluency.
Dates: October 16, 2025 and November 18, 2025
Unlocking Words: Building Comprehension Through Vocabulary and Morphology
This two-day workshop will clarify participants’ understanding of how vocabulary knowledge, morphological awareness, and independent word-learning skills work together to boost reading comprehension and improve literacy outcomes.
On Day 1, participants will gain tools and routines that work with any curriculum to ensure that vocabulary instruction is focused and morphological awareness is supported in a developmentally friendly way from the youngest learners to the oldest.
On Day 2, participants will learn how to synthesize this learning into independent word-solving routines that will help students unlock the meaning of unknown words in their independent reading. With ample time to plan and connect learning to their own curriculum, teachers will leave with practical, applicable next steps for their instruction in these key bridging processes.
Dates: February 5, 2026 and February 24, 2026
Writing About Reading to Deepen Comprehension
This two-day workshop will take a deep dive into the connection between reading and writing instruction. Participants will gain knowledge and instructional strategies on the writing rope, note-taking strategies, summarizing, and applying text structure.
These strategies will help your students organize, clarify, solidify their understanding, extend their thinking, and engage as they develop their reading and writing skills.
Dates: March 10, 2026 and April 21, 2026
Knowledge Building & Comprehension
This two-day workshop will take a deep dive into strategies to build background knowledge and comprehension. On day one, participants will gain knowledge and instructional strategies around building background knowledge, the strategic six thinking moves for comprehension, building text sets, and the instructional strategy of repeated interactive read-aloud. On day two, participants will learn more about a variety of small-group instructional strategies.
The focus of these two days will help students think deeply about the text while supporting all students in gaining access to complex grade-level text, focusing on strategies that make a difference, and gaining momentum in areas of need for each individual student.
Dates: December 2, 2025 and January 29, 2026
