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Read Naturally Full-Day Seminars

Read Naturally's pioneering programs offer a proven strategy to help struggling readers improve their fluency and comprehension. Our full-day seminars, taught by nationally recognized educators, help you maximize the benefits of your Read Naturally program.

What You Will Learn

  • The importance of attaining fluency and how fluency directly correlates with comprehension.
  • To combine the research-based strategies of teacher modeling, repeated reading, and self-monitoring of progress to significantly improve fluency in developing readers.
  • To effectively implement the Read Naturally strategy in your setting.
  • To improve your students' ability to read sight words.
  • To individualize instruction in a group situation.
  • To motivate developing readers to become excited about reading.
  • To improve your students' ability to read with expression.
  • To teach students to set goals and take ownership of their learning.
  • To significantly improve your students' test scores.
  • To involve parents in a meaningful way.
  • To assess and place students in appropriate reading levels.
  • To adjust your students' reading levels and goal rates to accelerate their reading achievement.
  • To track results and monitor student performance so that you can optimize your instruction and conference with parents.

What You Will Receive

  • The information and skills necessary to accelerate the reading achievement of your students.
  • Seminar packets including research, guidelines for placement, stories for placement, a bibliography, and teaching and classroom management tips for implementing the Read Naturally program ($25.00 value).
  • A Read Naturally poster that shows the steps of the strategy ($9.00 value).
  • One Read Naturally level—your choice from reading levels .8 to 8.0 in either of the following formats (12 or 24 stories per level):
    • Masters Edition—blackline masters and audio cassettes ($110.00 value) or audio CDs ($115.00 value) plus a timer ($11.00 value).
    • Software Edition (stand-alone version) for Windows or Macintosh computers ($99.00 value) plus an SE self-study course ($30.00 value).

Dates & Locations

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Date City/State Location Instructor
June 3, 2008 Fort Lauderdale/Sunrise, FL Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale Carol Ann Kane
June 4, 2008 Orlando, FL Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Orlando/ Universal Studios Carol Ann Kane
June 6, 2008 Atlanta, GA Holiday Inn – Atlanta Airport North Barb Denbow
June 10, 2008 Kansas City, MO Holiday Inn – Kansas City Northeast Carol Ann Kane
June 10, 2008 Columbia, SC Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Columbia North Barb Denbow
June 11, 2008 Tallahassee, FL Ramada Conference Center – Tallahassee Marie Bodden
June 12, 2008 St. Louis, MO Holiday Inn – St. Louis Airport/Oakland Park Carol Ann Kane
June 12, 2008 Houston, TX Holiday Inn – Houston/Galleria Marie Bodden
June 13, 2008 Chattanooga, TN Holiday Inn – Chattanooga Choo-Choo Barb Denbow
June 17, 2008 Omaha, NE Holiday Inn – Omaha Convention Center Carol Ann Kane
June 18, 2008 Des Moines, IA Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Des Moines/ Northwest Carol Ann Kane
June 18, 2008 Raleigh, NC Holiday Inn – Raleigh/Brownstone Downtown Sarah Jane Schonour
June 18, 2008 Lubbock, TX Holiday Inn – Lubbock Marie Bodden
June 19, 2008 Portland, OR Holiday Inn – Portland Airport Dr. Jan Hasbrouck
June 19, 2008 Austin, TX Embassy Suites – Central Austin Marie Bodden
June 23, 2008 Philadelphia/Bensalem, PA Holiday Inn – Philadelphia Northeast Elaine Balum
June 24, 2008 Chicago/Elmhurst, IL Holiday Inn – Chicago/Elmhurst Carol Ann Kane
June 24, 2008 Bloomington, MN Holiday Inn Select Hotel & Suites – Airport/Mall of America Candyce Ihnot
June 24, 2008 Harrisburg/ Mechanicsburg, PA Holiday Inn – Harrisburg West Elaine Balum
July 8, 2008 Pittsburgh/Moon Township, PA Holiday Inn – Pittsburgh Airport Elaine Balum
July 9, 2008 Denver/Golden, CO Holiday Inn – Denver West Carol Ann Kane
July 9, 2008 Baltimore/Timonium, MD Loyola College Graduate Center – Timonium Campus Sarah Jane Schonour
July 9, 2008 Cincinnati, OH Crowne Plaza Hotel – Cincinnati/Blue Ash Barb Denbow
July 10, 2008 Birmingham, AL Holiday Inn – Birmingham Airport Marie Bodden
July 10, 2008 Norfolk, VA Hilton Hotel – Norfolk Airport Sarah Jane Schonour
July 11, 2008 Columbus, OH Ramada Columbus Barb Denbow
July 14, 2008 Providence/Woonsocket, RI Holiday Inn Express – Providence/ Woonsocket Elaine Balum
July 15, 2008 San Francisco, CA Holiday Inn – San Francisco Airport North Carol Ann Kane
July 15, 2008 Louisville, KY Holiday Inn – Louisville Downtown Joe Cline
July 15, 2008 Concord, NH Holiday Inn – Concord Elaine Balum
July 16, 2008 Boston/Woburn, MA Holiday Inn Select – Boston/Woburn Elaine Balum
July 17, 2008 Dallas, TX Holiday Inn Select – Dallas/Love Field Marie Bodden
July 18, 2008 Boise, ID Holiday Inn – Boise Airport Dr. Kevin Feldman
July 21, 2008 Albany, NY Albany Marriott Elaine Balum
July 22, 2008 Detroit/Livonia, MI Radisson Hotel – Detroit/Livonia Bill Barley
July 22, 2008 Burlington, VT Holiday Inn – Burlington Elaine Balum
July 24, 2008 Little Rock, AR Holiday Inn – North Little Rock Marie Bodden
July 25, 2008 Seattle/Issaquah, WA Holiday Inn – Seattle/Issaquah Dr. Kevin Feldman
July 28, 2008 Hartford/Cromwell, CT Crowne Plaza Hotel – Cromwell Sarah Jane Schonour
July 28, 2008 Missoula, MT Holiday Inn – Missoula Downtown at the Park Dr. Kevin Feldman
July 28, 2008 Las Vegas, NV Clarion Hotel & Suites – Las Vegas/Emerald Springs Gail Adams
July 29, 2008 Phoenix, AZ Holiday Inn – Phoenix West Bev Wirt
July 29, 2008 Salt Lake City, UT Ramada Inn – Salt Lake City Gail Adams
July 30, 2008 Albuquerque, NM Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Albuquerque Gail Adams
July 31, 2008 Baton Rouge, LA Holiday Inn – Baton Rouge South Marie Bodden
Aug. 1, 2008 Sacramento, CA Courtyard by Marriott – Sacramento/Cal Expo Gail Adams
Aug. 5, 2008 Grand Rapids, MI Crowne Plaza Hotel – Grand Rapids Airport Carol Ann Kane
Aug. 6, 2008 Fairfax, VA Fairfax Marriott at Fair Oaks Sarah Jane Schonour
Aug. 7, 2008 Los Angeles/Buena Park, CA Holiday Inn – Buena Park Gail Adams
Aug. 7, 2008 Oklahoma City, OK Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Oklahoma City North Marie Bodden
Aug. 8, 2008 San Diego/National City, CA Holiday Inn – San Diego/South Bay Gail Adams
Aug. 11, 2008 New York, NY New York Branch of the International Dyslexia Association Elaine Balum
Aug. 12, 2008 Trenton/Hamilton, NJ Hilton Garden Inn – Hamilton Elaine Balum
Oct. 1, 2008 Bloomington, MN (precedes Train the Trainer) Hilton – Minneapolis South/Bloomington Candyce Ihnot