NEW!

2008 Nebraska Reading First: Vocabulary & Comprehension

with Jo Robinson

WHAT: Follow-up to the Reading First Institute including –

• How to teach explicitly beyond the core
• Managing the classroom for teaching vocabulary
• Selecting vocabulary with high utility
• Strategies for developing vocabulary and understanding
• Building background knowledge with vocabulary development
• Comprehension strategies for “thinking about” text

WHO: Schools wanting to send a K-3 Literacy Team* including –

• Principal
• Classroom teachers K-3
• Title I staff
• K-6 SPED staff

*Team members AND principals must attend all days of the session. All participants must have previously attended one of the 3-day Reading Institutes.

WHEN: July 14, 2008

8:30 – 4:00 CT

WHERE: Holiday Inn Express, NP

(Other dates & locations are available across the state. Contact Roxy for more information)

Nebraska Reading First dollars will provide training materials, meals & registration cost. ESU #16 Title IIA will provide a stipend for all Title IIA Consortium school members that register through ESU #16. Register at esu16.org. Registration is limited so sign up early! First come, first serve. Deadline is May 1.