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Read Naturally Full-Day Seminars

Read Naturally’s highly effective programs develop students' fluency and support vocabulary and comprehension skills using the powerful, research-based Read Naturally strategy. Our seminars, taught by nationally recognized educators, will help you set up a new Read Naturally program—or maximize the effectiveness of your existing program—to help students improve their reading skills and test scores.

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 identify students who need a fluency intervention.
  • To individually place students in appropriate reading levels in Read Naturally and to set appropriate reading-rate goals.
  • To adjust students’ reading levels and goal rates in Read Naturally to accelerate their reading achievement.
  • To motivate students to become excited about reading.

What You Will Receive

Dates & Locations

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Date City/State Location Instructor
Sept. 16, 2010 Houston, TX Holiday Inn — Houston Airport Marie Bodden
Sept. 16, 2010 Ocala, FL Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites — Ocala Conference Center Barb Denbow
Sept. 20, 2010 Monterey/Salinas, CA Monterey County Office of Education Gail Adams
Sept. 23, 2010 Austin, TX Holiday Inn — Austin Midtown Marie Bodden
Sept. 23, 2010 Columbus, OH Holiday Inn — Columbus/Hilliard Barb Denbow
Sept. 30, 2010 Boston, MA Holiday Inn Select — Boston/Woburn Sarah Jane Schonour
Oct. 6, 2010 Bloomington, MN Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington Carol Ann Kane
Oct. 12, 2010 Indianapolis, IN Holiday Inn — Indianapolis North at the Pyramids Joe Cline
Oct. 13, 2010 Chicago, IL Holiday Inn — Chicago North Shore/Skokie Carol Ann Kane
Oct. 13, 2010 Salt Lake City, UT Holiday Inn — Salt Lake City/Airport West Sandra Strong
Oct. 19, 2010 Portland/Gresham, OR Holiday Inn — Portland/Gresham Dr. Jan Hasbrouck
Oct. 19, 2010 Kansas City, MO Holiday Inn — Kansas City Southeast/ Waterpark Carol Ann Kane
Oct. 20, 2010 Des Moines, IA Holiday Inn — Des Moines Airport/ Conference Center Carol Ann Kane
Oct. 21, 2010 Casper, WY Best Western Ramkota Hotel — Casper Marie Bodden
Oct. 21, 2010 Dallas, TX Holiday Inn Select — Dallas North Sandra Strong
Oct. 23, 2010 State College, PA Ramada Conference Center — State College Elaine Balum
Oct. 28, 2010 Baton Rouge, LA Holiday Inn — Baton Rouge South Marie Bodden
Oct. 28, 2010 Syracuse/Liverpool, NY Holiday Inn — Syracuse/Liverpool Sarah Jane Schonour
Nov. 2, 2010 Seattle, WA Doubletree Hotel — Seattle Airport Dr. Jan Hasbrouck
Nov. 4, 2010 Phoenix, AZ Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites — Phoenix Airport Bev Wirt
Nov. 4, 2010 Baltimore/Timonium, MD Loyola University Graduate Center — Timonium Campus Sarah Jane Schonour
Nov. 6, 2010 Philadelphia/Paoli, PA Valley Forge Educational Services Campus Elaine Balum
Nov. 10, 2010 Lansing, MI The Lansing Center Bill Barley
Nov. 10, 2010 Sacramento, CA Holiday Inn — Sacramento I-80 (Northeast) Gail Adams
Nov. 18, 2010 Arlington, VA Holiday Inn — Arlington at Ballston Sarah Jane Schonour
Nov. 22, 2010 Los Angeles/Buena Park, CA Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center — Buena Park Gail Adams
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