Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School

This webinar was presented on Oct 3, 2007 and is now archived

Presenters

Cynthia Greenleaf (Primary)

Co-Director
Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd


Will Brown

Professional Development and Materials Development Associate
WestEd


Description

In this interactive event, Cynthia Greenleaf and Willard Brown, both of WestEd’s Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI), will engage participants in an examination of the possibilities and impact of integrating literacy instruction with science instruction at the middle and high school levels using the Reading Apprenticeship® instructional framework. This research-based instructional framework is designed to improve the teaching effectiveness of content-area middle and high school teachers, literacy coaches, and teacher educators.

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I just began working with some high school teachers who are concerned about their students' lack of reading skills. This webinar shed some new light on the challenges of reading in the content area and introduced me to some new strategies to help our students. Thank you.

—Webinar Participant

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Reading for Understanding: A Guide to Improving Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms

Now in its third printing. The book at the center of "the hottest topic in education" — secondary school literacy and the Reading Apprenticeship® model.

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