Book Study: Literacy Foundations for English Learners: A Comprehensive Guide to Evidence-Based Instruction by Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan

Session 3: Tuesday, December 3 at 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET  Chapters 6–8: Reading Fluency, Vocabulary Instruction, and Reading Comprehension Among English Learners 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 literacy skills. Book study attendees will: Gain an understanding of the essential language and literacy development of English learners Get insight from reliable research on how to best teach [...]

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Secondary Instruction & Intervention: A Panel Discussion

This webinar aims to address the critical issue of secondary literacy instruction. It will focus on the importance of training secondary literacy specialists and special education instructors in the science of reading and structured literacy principles. The webinar will highlight how these educational practices, when coupled with age-appropriate materials, can support students struggling with dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities (SLDs) or language development disorders.

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Exploring TRL’s Curriculum Evaluation Guide!

Join us as we welcome Kari Kurto, National Science of Reading Project Director for The Reading League! Kari will review the recently released Curriculum Evaluation Guide to show us how to select quality evidence-aligned instructional materials.

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March 2025 Chapter Meeting

Join our TRL-CA chapter meeting to connect with others in your region who are learning about, and implementing the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy. We meet every other month to connect and learn from each other.  Sometimes we have a guest speaker. Sometimes we have a sponsor giveaway! On March 11, 2025 we will learn about Project Read AI with founder Vivek Ramakrishnan.  They offer free AI-generated decodable resources and more!  We hope to see you there!

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The Science of Spelling: Why it Matters for Literacy with Sue Hegland

The Science of Spelling: Why it Matters for Literacy Why do so many children learn to read but still struggle to spell? And does it really matter? The science of reading points us to effective methods to help students learn to read and spell, including explicit, systematic teaching of the relationships between the pronunciation of words and their spelling. This is an important component of Structured Literacy teaching, but in isolation, it doesn’t equip all students for full literacy. Spelling often lags behind reading, and this matters for literacy! To address this issue, we must factor in the way [...]

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Understanding and Addressing the Misconceptions of the Science of Reading

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Sharon Vaughn, executive director of The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, to TRL CA to look at common misconceptions around the scie4nce of reading. We'll look at what they are as well as how to effectively address them within our educational community.

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