Full-Day Seminars

Read Naturally Seminar Read Naturally’s highly effective programs develop students' fluency, support vocabulary, and promote comprehension 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.

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You Will Learn...

The importance of attaining fluency and how fluency directly correlates with comprehension (learn more about fluency).
To combine the research-based strategies of teacher modeling, repeated reading, and self-monitoring of progress to significantly improve fluency, support vocabulary development, and promote comprehension in struggling and 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.

TRAINING

You will receive...

The information and skills necessary to accelerate the reading achievement of your students.
Seminar packets including teacher's manual, research, stories and guidelines for placement, program implementation tips, and a bibliography.

TRAINING + CURRICULUM

You will receive...

All training materials listed above.
Your choice of one of the following Read Naturally programs (up to a $298.00 value):
- Two Read Naturally Live seats (12-month subscription) for two students, including 13 Sequenced and 6 Phonics levels of curriculum
- One level of Read Naturally Encore, including blackline masters with audio support on audio CDs, plus a timer and steps poster.
- One level of Read Naturally GATE
- One level of Word Warm-ups
- One level of Signs for Sounds
- One Funēmics single-teacher license

8:00–8:30	Registration and coffee
8:30–10:00	Overview of the Read Naturally strategy & supporting research
10:10–12:00	Planning & setting up; placing students
12:00–1:15	Lunch (on your own)
1:15–2:15	Implementing the steps; monitoring student performance
2:25–3:30	A walk-through of the strategy

TRAINING + CURRICULUM—$225

Includes a seminar packet, placement packet, self-study materials for the Read Naturally program you will be using, and your choice of one of Read Naturally's programs (see "You Will Receive" tab for details)

TRAINING—$125

Includes a seminar packet, placement packet, and self-study materials for the Read Naturally program you will be using (see "You Will Receive" tab for details)

To register by mail or fax, complete this printable registration form:

Printable registration form

Mailing address:

Read Naturally Inc.
1284 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 600
Saint Paul, MN 55121

Fax number:

651.452.9204

If you are paying by credit card, you can also register by phone:

651.452.4085
Toll-free: 1.800.788.4085

Date	Title	Location	Register
Aug 6, 2020	Chicago, IL	Holiday Inn & Suites — Chicago North Shore / Skokie Skokie, IL	Register
Mar 24, 2020	Concord, NH	Holiday Inn – Concord Downtown Concord, NH	Register
Feb 26, 2020	Sacramento, CA	Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova Rancho Cordova, CA	Register