ELAR (Grades K-2)

Designed as a follow-up to the RLA RBIS training, the RLA RBIS in Action: Strengthening Foundational Skills through Instruction interactive session provides Grades 3-12 educators with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of research-based instructional practices and put them into action.

Participants will revisit the key concepts from RLA RBIS 1: Foundational Skills and explore practical strategies to strengthen foundational literacy instruction and support successful classroom implementation. Through hands-on learning, collaborative activities, and opportunities to analyze instructional practices, educators will leave with practical tools and resources they can immediately apply to strengthen student outcomes and build confident, proficient readers. Register now.

Prerequisite: To support a successful learning experience, participants should attend Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) for Reading Language Arts prior to this session.

Designed as a follow-up to the RLA RBIS training, the RLA RBIS in Action: Strengthening Foundational Skills through Instruction interactive session provides K-2 educators with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of research-based instructional practices and put them into action.

Participants will revisit the key concepts from RLA RBIS 1: Foundational Skills and explore practical strategies to strengthen foundational literacy instruction and support successful classroom implementation. Through hands-on learning, collaborative activities, and opportunities to analyze instructional practices, educators will leave with practical tools and resources they can immediately apply to strengthen student outcomes and build confident, proficient readers. Register now.

Prerequisite: To support a successful learning experience, participants should attend Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) for Reading Language Arts prior to this session.

The Essentials of Writing Instruction (K-2) is designed for elementary teachers, focusing on best practices in writing instruction across various levels.

Participants will learn how the perception of writing impacts instruction, explore how using mentor texts drives writing instruction, analyze the purpose and success of rubrics and checklists, and learn how to effectively plan targeted writing instruction.

During this session, we will unpack the writing process TEKS for Elementary ELAR and explore the characteristics of various genres and authors' craft moves, allowing participants to experience the writing process firsthand. This hands-on approach aims to deepen their understanding of how to effectively implement writing instruction. Register now.

Move beyond the traditional word-list approach and discover strategies that help students actively engage with new vocabulary.

In Vocabulary Unlocked: Teaching Words That Last, participants will explore how to combine explicit, systematic instruction with modeling, collaborative practice, and opportunities for independent use. You will learn research-based methods for teaching words so that students not only remember them but can apply them across reading and writing tasks.

Teachers will leave with practical approaches they can immediately implement to make vocabulary instruction dynamic, effective, and lasting. Register now.

The ties between reading and writing are so strong. In early childhood classrooms (PreK- Grade 2), students experience language through environmental print, word collecting, and sentence-building. Knowledge of the developmental stages of writing and reading is crucial for supporting student needs.

In this virtual session, The Ties Between Reading and Writing: Supporting Emerging Literacy, participants will gain practical evidence-based strategies and scaffolds that strengthen literacy instruction while supporting access for all learners, including students with disabilities. Register now.