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Introduction to Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™
This 2-day training introduces a system for teaching students that creates authentic experiences in reading, thinking, talking, writing, and reflecting in all classroom settings.
Word Study: Teaching Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling in Grades K-8
In this 5-day course for teachers, deepen your understanding of the alphabetic linguistic system and learn how to teach for phonological awareness, phonics, word structure, vocabulary, spelling, and word analysis skills in grades K-8.
Introduction to Writing Minilessons Grades 2-6
Provide high quality writing lessons in management, genres and forms, craft, conventions, and writing process.
Not a Minute to Lose: Optimizing Coaching and Professional Learning Opportunities Across the Day
In this 2-day training, learn about a variety of powerful coaching tools and protocols you can use to make the most of the precious professional learning time you have with teachers.
The First 20 Days of Literacy Coaching
Join us for this two-day professional learning for literacy coaches to learn a variety of ways to organize and jump start your coaching in the fall.
Five Everyday Shifts Guaranteed to Improve Literacy Outcomes (One-Hour Webinar With Irene Fountas)
Learn five instructional shifts that you can easily integrate across the day to reach all learners.
Don’t Stop Making Sense: Orchestrating Word-Solving with Meaning (Webinar)
Start your Saturday morning with a 90-minute discussion of how you can support accurate, efficient, and independent reading by helping students use decoding and meaning to monitor their own reading.
Building Knowledge and Literacy Skills All Day Long
Learn how to identify and use the kinds of literacy that are required in science, math, and social studies to help children build deep content knowledge and vocabulary. Develop an understanding of how to reframe your instruction to integrate literacy into the content areas so children acquire disciplinary-specific skills.
Optimizing Your Time With Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ (Webinar)
During this 90-minute webinar, learn practical, time-saving ways to use Fountas & Pinnell Classroom ™ materials to integrate all of the essential elements of science-backed reading instruction (phonics, fluency, vocabulary, knowledge building and comprehension) in a way that works for you and your students!
Get Efficient with Fountas & Pinnell Interactive Read Aloud (Webinar)
During this 90-minute Saturday webinar you will learn effective and efficient ways to use the Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Interactive Read Alouds.