| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2024 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
| Feb 06, 2024 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
| Mar 06, 2024 | 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm |
Teaching students how to think while they read!
Reading Power is a practical approach to comprehension instruction being implemented in many school districts in BC and across Canada. Join BC teacher and author, Adrienne Gear, as explores the strategies for helping students read and make sense of both fiction and nonfiction texts. Whether you are new to the profession, or just looking for a refresher, this session is sure to provide you with the “why’s” and “how’s” of this practical approach to comprehension instruction. Adrienne will introduce the key concepts of Reading Power, share her thinking around meta-cognition and the “language of thinking” associated with reading comprehension. As always, she will include lessons connections to great anchor books. Don’t miss this opportunity to help support your students’ reading and thinking!
Session 1: Introduction to Reading Power: metacognition, “language of thinking”, Reading Power strategies, anchor books, and classroom organization.
Session 2: A closer look at MAKING CONNECTIONS and VISUALIZING
Session 3: A closer look at QUESTIONING AND INFERRING
Session 4: A closer look at TRANSFORM and Reading Power across the curriculum.
K-6 teachers, support teachers, literacy coaches, librarians
