[VIRTUAL] Science of Reading Symposium With Lucy Hart Paulson and Dr. Matthew Burns
Raising Reading Achievement through Cutting-Edge Research
In partnership with Duval County Public Schools, we are thrilled to host Dr. Matthew Burns from the University of Florida Literacy Institute and Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson, LETRS Co-Author.
Join us virtually as they share cutting-edge research to inform the most effective strategies and interventions for raising students' reading achievement.
September 26th
10:30 am-12:30 pm ET
10:45 am -11:30 am ET: Connecting Writing to the Science of Reading: Foundations for Developing Readers and Writers With Lucy Hart Paulson
An increased understanding of the Science of Reading (SoR) is making positive and important impacts on literacy instruction. However, a focus on the science of writing has not had the same level of traction as reading instruction. Yet, a solid body of research supports the importance of interconnecting writing with reading instruction, especially in the early literacy time period. This session describes the developmental and interconnected sequences of foundational writing skills, with connections to reading; assessment strategies; and research-based instruction techniques to help young children build foundation writing and reading skills in the early grades.
11:30 am -12:15 pm ET: Raising Reading Achievement for Emerging Readers: In the Middle Lies Opportunity with Dr. Matthew Burns, University of Florida Literacy Institute
An effective multi tiered system of support depends on effective interventions at all tiers, but which intervention do you pick? This interactive session will demonstrate how to use screening data to identify the type of reading intervention that students need and will discuss specific interventions to address them.
- 10:30 AM - Virtual event stream begins, Sara Rich, Founder and CEO of Just Right Reader to greet attendees
- 10:35 AM- Duval County, Dr. Brandie Berry, Director of K-12 Literacy
- 10:45 AM - Lucy Hart Paulson, Co-author of LETRS and Literacy Expert
- 11:30 AM- Dr. Matthew Burns, University of Florida Literacy Institute
- 12:15 PM - Just Right Reader Demonstration
Sara was a principal for more than 20 years, and she specializes in reading and literacy development. She traveled to more than 35 states training teachers and principals in reading and writing skill development. Because of her success in supporting schools to raise reading achievement levels, she was recognized as San Francisco Mayor's Principal of the Year.
And yet, a few years ago, her own daughter, Izzie, was struggling to read. This was a tough realization. So she jumped in and did what she knew and started working with Izzie to support her as a reader. Sara brought home decodable books from school and celelebrated Izzie's growth. When Izzie conquered a reading skill, Sara would determine her new reading needs and start again.
Sara and Izzie felt that the decodables that they read together could be more engaging and just plain old more fun. So Sara recruited a team of reading experts and phonics leaders and started the hard work of making decodables better for students, families, and teachers. Thus was born the idea for Just Right Reader.
Our mission is to make reading fun and for students to learn to read with engaging decodables that are representative of students in America's schools. When students want to read and feel successful, their achievement rises!
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