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
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 PM CDT
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 - 11:45 AM CDT