Intervention Strategies (Reading & Writing)

Teaching reading and writing to the hard to teach or struggling students.

Overview

Intervention Strategies (Reading & Writing) is a practical full-day workshop for support teachers, classroom teachers and school officers working with struggling readers & writers. Whether supporting small groups or individuals, this professional learning provides essential strategies to promote engagement, assist and accelerate learning.

Topics to be addressed in this workshop include:

• How the Science of Reading relates to struggling readers and writers
• Teaching for reciprocity
• What is it?
• Why do it?
• When and How to do it?
• The Reading Process (skills and knowledge to):
• decode words
• comprehend ideas
• Pedagogy overviews:
• Identifying relevant learning intentions; crafting clear success criteria
• Modelled and Shared Reading and how these should be used with struggling readers
• Modelled and Joint Construction and how these should be used with struggling writers
• Focused teaching approaches:
• Guided Reading Writing
• Structured Reading & Interactive Writing
• Modified Reading Recovery (accelerating small groups)
• Strategies for teaching fluency
• Strategies for engaging reluctant readers and writers
• Focused feedback

You will receive:

• workshop notes
• tea/coffee on arrival, morning tea and lunch

Cost

$295 + GST (Limited places are available so please register early.)
RSVP: Five (5) working days prior to workshop

Should you attend?

This workshop is suitable for Teachers of years 2-6, intervention teachers and support personnel working with struggling readers and/or writers.

Where and when?

See our workshop calendar for locations, venues and dates.