Learning Opportunities

The first Right to Read Program workshop entitled Catching Children before They Fail:  The Reading Readiness Screening Tool . 

 Part 1, Interventions is scheduled to be held in online on Friday May 8. 2020 from 9:00-11:15 am and 1:00-3:15pm. This workshop 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.

The second workshop, RRST Follow-Up:  Assessment Informs Instruction is scheduled to be held online Friday May 29, 2020 from 9:00-11:15 am and 1:00-3:15pm.  The workshop 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.

Note:  All components are in the French language, except those for parents.