October 10
The first Right to Read Program workshop entitled Catching Children before They Fail: The Reading Readiness Screening Tool and Part 1, Interventions will provide the teachers with:
- An overview of the need for universal reading readiness screening
- The background of the Reading Readiness Screening Tool (RRST)
- A review of the RRST subtests
- Administrative guidelines, and
- Interventions (Part 1)
Following this workshop, the teachers will receive a pass code to electronically download the Excel Class Summary Sheet and Activities for Teachers to Build Reading Readiness Skills – Part 1 from the Right to Read website.
November 21
- The second workshop, RRST Follow-Up: Assessment Informs Instruction will provide teachers with an opportunity to:
- Share their experiences since the first workshop
- Interpret results
- Talk and learn about considerations for programming
- Experience a variety of activities to develop foundational skills
- Learn about instructional strategies, and
- Explore student and teacher resources
Following the second workshop, Activities for Teachers to Build Reading Readiness Skills – Part 2 and Activities for Parents to Build Reading Readiness Skills along with suggestions for conducting a Parent Workshop can be downloaded from the Right to Read website.
This learning opportunity is being offered throught a grant from Alberta Education.