Virtual Workshop Overview
In this powerful workshop, teachers will learn how to plan and conduct differentiated small-group reading sessions that result in improved student achievement. Kristi McCullough will show teachers how to support students at their developmental levels, engage them in authentic text, and provide targeted lessons to increase students’ comprehension in both literature and informational texts.
“So many easy-to-implement strategies that can be incorporated into a classroom right away!”
Erin Opper, teacher, South Side Elementary School, Kendallville IN
Workshop Topics
• Learn how to develop a schedule where small-group reading occurs in tandem with students working
independently in literacy stations.
• Obtain ways to utilize teacher-led small groups during the reading block.
• Understand how to interpret the reading levels of students and match them with appropriate text.
• Gain strategies to support readers at different stages of reading.
• Learn how to tie whole-group minilessons to small-group instruction.
• Learn types of before, during, and after-reading strategies and how they fit into small-group reading lessons.
• Acquire methods for supporting readers by incorporating
Workshop Outline
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The Big Picture
• Deliver 3 types of instruction
• Execute 3 phases per lesson
Logistics & Preparation
• Compile student data
• Adjust expectations
Tools & Activities
• Document the Thinking Voice
• Retell & summarize ideas
• Apply fluency and word work
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Book Clubs
• Engage readers in Book Clubs, occasionally
• Hold introductory meetings
• Meet multiple times with each Book Club
Teacher’s Role
• Schedule small-group meetings
• Adjust the level of instructional support
• Establish organization
• Choose texts deliberately
Total time to complete:
• 5.5 hours (Recorded video available
to participants for 90 days.)
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All workshop registrants will receive a free digital copy of Teaching & Prompting for Reader Behaviors and Reading Strategies Guide. This guide provides insight into reader behaviors and reading strategies. (A $6.99 value!)
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Teachers love th
e authentic, “from-the-trenches” insight that Kristi McCullough offers during her professional development sessions with K-5 teachers. Her own experience as a reading and writing teacher and literacy coach the perfect backdrop for Kristi to share practical ways to deliver research-based best practices. As a full-time literacy consultant with Smekens Education, Kristi has worked with thousands of teachers across the United States delivering regional seminars and customized on-site school trainings that focus specifically on teaching reading. In addition, she is also the author of the “6-Week Planning Guide for Launching the 90-Minute Reading Block,” a popular resource for K-5 teachers. Kristi wore many hats in public schools for 13 years during which time she was trained in Reading Recovery and many other well-known instructional models. She is passionate about helping teachers implement a balanced literacy approach focused on real-life, purposeful literacy activities that result in improved student achievement.
Workshop Pricing
- $149
- For groups of 10 or more, contact us for special pricing and arrangements.
