Beyond Retelling: Navigating Complex Text with Mitchell Brookins

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Join us for Beyond Retelling: Navigating Complex Text with Mitchell Brookins on Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 7 PM CST. How do teachers support students in navigating grade-level, complex texts? It requires a shift in mindset, planning, and practice. In this session, presenter Mitchell Brookins will provide instructional routines related to fluency, vocabulary, syntax, and verbal reasoning.
Participants will learn how to plan and deploy teaching strategies that develop students' capacity to go BEYOND RETELLING and move toward a deeper understanding of complex texts.
Register at https://bit.ly/TRLILComplexText

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Fluency: Key to Comprehension with Dr. Jan Hasbrouck

Fluency is essential for skillful and motivated reading but is often misunderstood. Fluent reading is NOT fast reading! This session defines reading fluency and clarifies the link between fluency and comprehension. The role of fluency assessments and effective fluency instruction will also be discussed.

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Coffee Chat: Meet Annie Pfieffer

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Meet Annie Pfieffer, a champion for literacy in Illinois. This is a members only event.

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Coffee Chat: Meet Dr. Missy Jones

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Meet Dr. Missy Jones from Eastern Illinois University, a champion for literacy in Illinois. This is a members only event.

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Coffee Chat: The Right to Learn to Read with Melissa Jones-Bromenshenkel

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Melissa Jones-Bromenshenkel is a professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Special Education at Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Jones is currently partnering with Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education (EIASE) on the SLD Supports grant through which she is serving as the Chair of the Dyslexia Handbook Work group. In addition to working towards preparing quality teachers and ensuring all students have the right to learn to read, Melissa serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and an Educational Surrogate.

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