Read Naturally Webinars
Since 1991, Read Naturally has established highly effective strategies and best practices to help struggling and developing readers be successful. In order to share these ideas and strategies, we host free webinars on a range of literacy instruction topics. Please join us for a live webinar when they're scheduled or watch one of our many recorded webinars.
Recordings of past webinars
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Foundational Reading Skills, Part 2
Students must develop foundational skills to become proficient readers. Standards define what foundational reading skills students should be able to do (K-5), but standards do not tell teachers how to teach. Learn the predictors of reading success and how to implement Read Naturally’s research-based strategies to accelerate reading development.
Topics covered:
- Learn which foundational reading skills serve as predictors for reading success.
- Understand the research about critical content and effective strategies for teaching phonics and word recognition and fluency.
- Connect the Science of Reading to instructional practices.
- Understand the application of the research in the lesson design and strategies used in Read Naturally GATE, Word Warm-Ups, Signs for Sounds, and the Read Naturally fluency programs.
- Recognize the role of progress monitoring and ongoing assessment in differentiating instruction.
- Understand how to apply effective practices using Read Naturally curriculum (or their current curriculum) to maximize student progress.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
Set-Up in Read Live: One School
Attend this webinar for a brief navigation of Read Live. Learn how to set up Read Live for an account with one school.
Topics covered:
- Read Live initial login
- Main navigation menu and home page overview
- How to set up a Read Live account for one school
- How to add staff, individually add students, assign licenses, and access to Read Live programs
10:00 AM CDT
Set-up in Read Live: Multiple Schools
Attend this webinar for a brief navigation of Read Live. Learn how to set up Read Live for an account with multiple schools and multiple teachers. Read Live currently supports Single Sign-On for Classlink, Clever, and Google Classroom.
Topics covered:
- Read Live initial login
- Main navigation menu and home page overview
- How to create multiple Schools and Teachers
- How to individually add students, assign licenses, and assign access to Read Live programs
- How to import multiple students at a time
12:00 PM CDT
Encore: Checking Initial Placement
By checking initial placement, you can determine if the student's initial level and goal are appropriate or if you should adjust the level or goal. You can accelerate a student's achievement by using the Placement Packet for Encore II and then checking initial placement after the student has completed three to six stories. Learn to use our online Checking Initial Placement calculator to drive decisions.
Topics covered:
- Why proper placement is critical to each student's success.
- Why it's important to check a student’s initial placement after the first three to six stories.
- Why the teacher should be present during the cold timing for at least the first three stories.
- The key criteria used to evaluate a student's initial placement level and goal.
- How to use data from Encore II student graphs to determine if initial placement is correct.
- How to utilize the online Checking Initial Placement calculator to drive decisions.
- How to determine when a student's initial level and goal are appropriate and when a student's initial level or goal should be adjusted.
- How to receive a FREE resource on the Read Naturally website—the step-by-step instructions for Checking Initial Placement plus a worksheet for analyzing your students' results!
10:00 AM CDT
Keeping Students Challenged in Read Naturally Live
Keeping students challenged is critical to making progress in Read Naturally Live. Students make the most progress when they are challenged—but not frustrated. By understanding how to interpret the data, you can quickly monitor each student’s performance and make instructional decisions that will maximize each student’s progress.
Topics covered:
- Why it’s critical to keep students challenged
- How to monitor a student’s performance
- How to quickly interpret the data on a Students At-a-Glance report
- How to determine when a student is ready for more challenge
- How to determine whether to change a student’s level or goal
- What guidelines to follow when making a change
- How to access additional resources on the Read Naturally website
Audience:
- Any staff member currently using Read Naturally Live
- Anyone wishing to learn more about using data to monitor student progress in Read Naturally Live
1:00 PM CDT
Keeping Students Challenged in Encore
Keeping students challenged is critical to making progress in Encore II. Students make the most progress when they are challenged—but not frustrated. By understanding how to interpret the data, you can quickly monitor each student’s performance and make instructional decisions that will maximize each student’s progress.
Topics covered:
- Why it’s critical to keep students challenged
- How to monitor a student’s performance
- How to quickly interpret the data on a student graph
- How to determine when a student is ready for more challenge
- How to determine whether to change a student’s level or goal
- What guidelines to follow when making a change
- How to access additional resources on the Read Naturally website
11:00 AM
Book a session with our technical support expert to guide you through setting up Read Live for single sign-on with Clever, Classlink, or Google Classroom.
Schedule a personal meeting with an expert. Get a demo of Read Live or learn more about other intervention programs from Read Naturally.
Please let us know what questions you have so we can assist. For Technical Support, please call us or submit a software support request.