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
Back to School with Read Live
This webinar describes and demonstrates account maintenance and setup activities that Read Live administrators and other staff members need to perform at the beginning of a new school year.
Topics covered:
- Overview of the Staff Module
- Staff roles
- Advancing grades and reassigning licenses
- Licensing
- Single sign-on options
- Importing and exporting data
- Distance learning features
- Training staff members
- New features and updates
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
Read Live Basics
This webinar gives an overview of Read Live, our web-based suite of four reading intervention programs—Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live—Español.
Topics covered:
- Which needs each program addresses
- Read Live's benefits for teachers and administrators
- A demonstration of how teachers and administrators manage account settings and set up schools, staff members, and students
- Features that facilitate distance learning
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
Back to School with Read Live
This webinar describes and demonstrates account maintenance and setup activities that Read Live administrators and other staff members need to perform at the beginning of a new school year.
Topics covered:
- Overview of the Staff Module
- Staff roles
- Advancing grades and reassigning licenses
- Licensing
- Single sign-on options
- Importing and exporting data
- Distance learning features
- Training staff members
- New features and updates
12:00 PM - 12:30 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. There will be time for Q&A after the short presentation.
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
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM CDT
Read Live Set-up: 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. There will be time for Q&A after the short presentation.
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
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
Read Naturally Live Basics
This webinar gives an overview of Read Naturally Live, the flagship program in web-based Read Live that focuses on fluency and phonics with strong supports for vocabulary and comprehension.
Topics covered:
- A comparison of the four components of Read Live
- How to log in as a teacher and set up students with access to Read Naturally Live
- How to place students in an appropriate series, level, and goal
- How you can differentiate instruction by customizing the settings
- A demonstration of logging in as a student and working through the steps of the program
- Features that facilitate distance learning
- Reports for monitoring student progress
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
Presenter:
Diana Phillips, Read Naturally Curriculum Associate
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
One Minute Reader Live Basics
Get students started reading at their level on the first day of school! Join us for an overview and demonstration of One Minute Reader Live, Read Live’s independent reading program.
One Minute Reader Live transforms independent reading time into an exciting, guided reading experience. Interesting short passages, motivating graphs, and fun activities that engage students and deliver measurable results. Using the research-based Read Naturally Strategy in a fully independent and motivating program, One Minute Reader Live helps students develop fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills, and build confidence as learners.
Topics covered:
- Appropriate educational settings where One Minute Reader Live can be implemented
- How One Minute Reader Live compares with Read Naturally Live
- Features and benefits of the program and a live program demonstration
- Where to find additional resources to support the use of One Minute Reader Live
12:00 PM - 12:45 AM CDT
Back to School with Read Live
This webinar describes and demonstrates account maintenance and setup activities that Read Live administrators and other staff members need to perform at the beginning of a new school year.
Topics covered:
- Overview of the Staff Module
- Staff roles
- Advancing grades and reassigning licenses
- Licensing
- Single sign-on options
- Importing and exporting data
- Distance learning features
- Training staff members
- New features and updates
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
Word Warm-ups Live Basics
This webinar gives an overview of Word Warm-ups Live, a component of web-based Read Live that builds automaticity in phonics and decoding through explicit and systematic phonics instruction.
Topics covered:
- A comparison of the four components of Read Live
- How to log in as a teacher and set up students with access to Word Warm-ups Live
- How to assess students so you can select the appropriate curriculum option to meet their phonics needs
- A demonstration of logging in as a student and working through the steps of word-list and story exercises
- Reports for monitoring students’ progress
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
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. There will be time for Q&A after the short presentation.
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
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
Placement in Read Naturally Live
Placement is the process of selecting reading material and setting an initial goal for a student who is about to begin using Read Naturally Live. Placing a student in Read Naturally Live involves determining the following:
- Level: Which level of material is most appropriate for this student
- Series: Which series would most benefit this student?
- Goal: Which goal rate will challenge but not frustrate the student?
Correct placement is crucial to success in Read Naturally Live. You must select a combination of reading material and goal rate that will challenge the student without being discouraging. The material and the goal rate need to be difficult enough to require the student to practice reading the story several times to reach his or her goal, even after the student has read along with audio recordings of the story. However, the level and goal should not be so difficult that the student gives up because of frustration.
Topics covered:
- Learn how to determine a Read Naturally Live level, select a series, and set a goal for your students before they begin using the program.
- Learn how to identify students’ earliest phonics needs.
- View a live demonstration of the placement process in Read Naturally Live.
- Receive free resources that will help you implement your current curriculum more effectively.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
Read Live Set-up: 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. There will be time for Q&A after the short presentation.
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 - 12:30 AM CDT
Read Naturally Encore II: Overview and Student Steps
Differentiate instruction easily using Read Naturally Encore II, a powerful intervention that accelerates reading achievement by using the research-based Read Naturally Strategy in a print/CD format. Students become confident readers by developing fluency, phonics skills, comprehension, and vocabulary while reading leveled text. This time-tested intervention program engages students with interesting nonfiction stories and yields powerful results.
Topics covered:
- What the Read Naturally Strategy includes
- Areas of reading addressed in Read Naturally Encore II
- Which students are a good fit for Read Naturally Encore II
- What materials are available in Read Naturally Encore II
- How to implement the steps of Read Naturally Encore II with fidelity
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CDT
Back to School with Read Live
This webinar describes and demonstrates account maintenance and setup activities that Read Live administrators and other staff members need to perform at the beginning of a new school year.
Topics covered:
- Overview of the Staff Module
- Staff roles
- Advancing grades and reassigning licenses
- Licensing
- Single sign-on options
- Importing and exporting data
- Distance learning features
- Training staff members
- New features and updates
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
Read Live Basics
This webinar gives an overview of Read Live, our web-based suite of four reading intervention programs—Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live—Español.
Topics covered:
- Which needs each program addresses
- Read Live's benefits for teachers and administrators
- A demonstration of how teachers and administrators manage account settings and set up schools, staff members, and students
- Features that facilitate distance learning
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
Placement in Word Warm-ups Live
Correct placement is crucial to success in Word Warm-ups Live. The program consists of three levels with multiple sections in each level. Each section focuses on different phonics elements. Phonics elements are taught in a specific order, so it is important to determine the earliest element of phonics the student has not yet mastered. The Word Warm-ups Live Phonics Assessment determines:
- What the student’s phonics needs are.
- Where to begin phonics instruction in Word Warm-ups Live to meet the student’s earliest phonics needs.
- Whether a Read Naturally Live Phonics level could provide the necessary phonics instruction along with the student’s fluency instruction.
Topics covered:
- Learn how to assess a student’s phonics skills and needs.
- Learn how to select the appropriate Word Warm-ups Live level and section for a student.
- Learn how to determine whether a student should be placed in the Read Naturally Live Phonics Series or assigned to Word Warm-ups Live.
- Learn when a student should be assigned to both Word Warm-ups Live and Read Naturally Live.
- Receive free resources that will help you implement your current curriculum more effectively.
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 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. There will be time for Q&A after the short presentation.
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
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT
Placement in Read Naturally Encore II
Proper placement is critical to student success in Read Naturally Encore II. By properly placing students, you can accelerate their achievement. Learn how to use the Encore II Placement Packet to maximize student success.
Topics covered:
- Walkthrough of the placement process
- How to place students into Encore II using the Placement Packet
- Example cases of actual student placement data
- Possible options for student placement
1:00 PM- 1:30 PM CDT
Read Live Set-up: 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. There will be time for Q&A after the short presentation.
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
10:00 AM - 10:30 PM CDT
Checking Initial Placement in Read Naturally Live
Proper placement is critical to student success. You can accelerate a student's achievement by using Read Naturally Live's built-in placement test and then checking initial placement after the student has completed the first three stories. By checking initial placement, you can determine if the student's initial level and goal are appropriate, or if you should adjust either the level or the goal.
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.
- What are the key criteria used to evaluate a student’s initial placement level and goal.
- How to generate a Students At-a-Glance report and how to analyze the data.
- 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 find free resources on the Read Naturally website, including the step-by-step instructions for Checking Initial Placement, plus a worksheet for analyzing your students’ results.
12:00 PM - 12:45 AM CDT
Read Naturally Live Basics
This webinar gives an overview of Read Naturally Live, the flagship program in web-based Read Live that focuses on fluency and phonics with strong supports for vocabulary and comprehension.
Topics covered:
- A comparison of the four components of Read Live
- How to log in as a teacher and set up students with access to Read Naturally Live
- How to place students in an appropriate series, level, and goal
- How you can differentiate instruction by customizing the settings
- A demonstration of logging in as a student and working through the steps of the program
- Features that facilitate distance learning
- Reports for monitoring student progress
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
Presenter:
Michelle Brenner, Read Naturally Curriculum Associate
Thursday, September 21, 2023
2:00 PM - 2:45 AM CDT
Foundational Reading Skills, Part 1
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 the foundational skills.
- Connect the Science of Reading to instructional practices.
- Understand the application of the research in the lesson design and strategies used in Funēmics, 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.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM CDT
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 AM CDT
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