Do you have students who can decode relatively well but struggle to spell correctly? Join us as we welcome Dr. Shelley Blackwell to discuss how the reading brain learns to spell and how to analyze spelling errors to direct instruction. Evidence-based instruction ideas and interventions will be provided to use at all tiers of spelling instruction. Register using this link!

Join us to learn about a new law that will require schools to implement universal screening in kindergarten through 2nd grade for reading delays, including the risk of dyslexia. Speakers of this event are Megan Potente and Lori DePole, State Co-Directors for Decoding Dyslexia CA. If you are interested in learning about this new California’s screening requirement and it’s impact on literacy outcomes, make sure to register and be part of the discussion. This article from DDCA provides information on this new law. Register for this free, virtual event at:  bit.ly/TRL-CAPotente

Join us for a conversation with Lindsay Kemeny as she shares highlights from her book, 7 Might Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K to 3 Reading Success. Gather with like-minded educators to learn some new strategies and walk away with great ideas to implement in your classroom.

Join us as we welcome Dr. Young-Suk Grace Kim, Senior Associate Dean in the School of Education at UC Irvine, to learn about how executive functions and morphological awareness connect to reading and listening comprehension.

Join us as we hear how the Lancaster School District embarked on a journey to ensure ALL of their students can learn to read proficiently. Ask questions and gain insider knowledge on how to get this work off the ground and spread to all schools in your district.

Todd Collins is the Founder of the California Reading Coalition. As a self-proclaimed data nerd, he has collected extensive data on the state of literacy in CA. Join us as Todd shares the current data and implications for our work.

TRL CA is so excited to welcome producer, writer, and star of Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars, Harvey Hubbell, as he shares his film and leads a discussion with the audience. Hopeville tells both the story of three diverse elementary schools that are addressing major reading achievement issues by adopting a structured literacy approach and Harvey's personal struggle with dyslexia and learning to read. It's a movie certain to uplift, inspire, and spur action and we're thrilled to bring it to our CA chapter!

Join us for an intriguing and informative session with Dr. Julie Washington from UC Irvine. She will share how learning to read depends upon learning the phonemic, phonological, syntactic and morphological structure of words. For children who speak varieties of English that differ from General American English these domains of language may differ significantly from text, making it harder to learn to read and write. In the case of African American children in particular, use of the language variety African American English has been found to influence outcomes in reading, writing, spelling and assessment and this is particularly true [...]

Join us as we welcome Stanford University Professor Emeritus, Dr. Claude Goldenberg, as he shares the foundations of effective literacy, with particular emphasis on our English learners. Dr. Goldenberg is a leading expert in this field and has done extensive work in ensuring the literacy success of our multilingual learners.

Join us for our first member meeting of the 2024-25 event year.  We will... 1. Hear from the folks at Project ARISE, who will share an overview of their FREE series of self-paced online courses on literacy instruction. 2. Meet in regional breakout rooms to discuss the start of the school year.

► Book Study Kickoff Session with Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan Tuesday, October 1 at 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET  During this introductory session, attendees will hear directly from Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan about her book! Participants will receive information from state chapter leaders from The Reading League and Collaborative Classroom staff to prepare for upcoming small-group sessions. Please join state chapters of The Reading League in California, Colorado, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York, as well as Collaborative Classroom, for a four-part virtual book study on Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan's Literacy Foundations for English Learners.  This essential text gives educators a solid base in helping English learners develop strong [...]