Students at every level need explicit, ongoing instruction that builds their comprehension skills. This type of standards-driven teaching is intended to equip students with the ability to analyze and understand all types of texts. In this powerful workshop, you’ll learn to layer skills to develop readers who can track and summarize key details, visualize and question author craft, and connect and synthesize bigger ideas.
• Introduce the various scenarios readers will encounter--familiar v. unique formats, short v. long texts, easy v. hard reading, collaborative v. independent experiences, etc. • Dissect the College and Career-Ready Reading Standards to identify the six core comprehension strategies readers must employ. • Recognize a scaffold of mini-lesson subskills that must be explicitly taught. • Study a yearlong calendar that begins with initial learning from simple texts and gives way to independent deep thinking of more complex texts. •Select texts/passages best suited for comprehension instruction. • Evaluate the strengths and limitations of traditional curriculum assessments.
Earn 3 hours of graduate credit for $375. Attendees may apply the 10.5 hours of training earned during the two Comprehension Mini-Lesson workshops toward graduate-level credit from Midwest Teachers Institute (MTI). Graduate credit hours are for non-degree credits which are designed for professional certification renewals and salary step increases. (Check with your district for approval prior to making a commitment.) Attendance at both days of this workshop, plus additional coursework related to the workshops, is required for credit. Course syllabus: MTI 508. Registration information will be shared during the 10 a.m. break of each workshop. After the workshop, attendees have two weeks to apply their training hours to the program. The cost of graduate credit is separate from the cost of attending a workshop.
Certified educators can earn professional growth credits for attending a Smekens Education workshop. All workshop attendees receive a certificate of participation for 5.5 hours of professional development for each one-day workshop. Visit our Continuing Education Credit page to learn more.
