Students across grades and content areas struggle to comprehend text at their grade level due to a variety of reasons that may include a language-based learning difference, a weakness in one or more subskills of reading or writing, or an insufficient amount of explicit, systematic instruction. This course will provide an overview of the decades of research articulating how proficient reading develops and the instructional approaches necessary to support this process. Participants will deepen their understanding of the theoretical frameworks of reading, break down the subskills of reading as they relate to decoding and language comprehension, and learn about a variety of student learning profiles that affect literacy development.

Course Content Developers: Laura Hauerwas, Kari Kurto, Nichole Pugliese, Julia Salamone, Marcy Zipke