Keys to Literacy Summer Newsletter

Keys to Literacy Newsletter

Summer, 2022

Blog Post

Reading Assessment Basics

Reading assessment is essential for supporting effective reading instruction. Reading assessment data provides teachers important information to guide instructional decisions. It also helps guide school leadership as they make reading curriculum decisions. This goal of this blog post is to share basic explanations of key terms related to reading assessments. Click here to read more.

Spotlight: Keys in the Classroom

From Kelli Wyatt's grade 2 classroom in Orrville City, OH: teaching the prefix "dis-" (from Keys to Beginning Reading training).

Teachers from the Pueblo, CO participating in Keys to Early Writing and Keys to Content Writing training.

Keys News

Keys Trainers in Pueblo, CO! 17 of our trainers got to work together this August to provide training to 600 teachers in Pueblo, CO. Exciting work with these teachers, and a great chance to have a group dinner!

AZ K-5 Literacy Endorsement Training

Keys to Literacy was recently approved to provide the new AZ 90-hour training requirement for all K-5 teachers! Click here to learn more.

Keys to Content Writing Online Course!

We just updated our asynchronous, 15-hour online course, which includes a copy of the training book. Click here to order online or click here for an order form.

New Book by Joan Sedita!

Brookes Publishing will launch Joan Sedita's new book "The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects" at the end of August. Click here to pre-order a copy. Click here to read the original article about The Writing Rope.

Recommended Literacy Resources

Helpful tips from Edutopia for teaching vocabulary. Click here.

FREE ARCHIVED VIDEOS! PaTTAN is now offering free access to 2 workshops delivered by Joan Sedita at their annual June literacy symposium. Click here for The Writing Rope, and click here for Teaching Summarizing. To view PaTTAN's full list of symposium, click here.

Researcher Claude Goldenberg makes the case for why English language learners need phonics instruction. Click here.

There is free access to an archived book study for Elsa Cardenas-Hagan's book "Literacy Foundations for English Learners" available through PaTTAN. Click here to access.

Upcoming Events

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to see your options, including:

FALL Train-the-Facilitator Trainings

Is your school or district interested in using in-house staff to offer facilitated online professional development for Keys to Literacy courses? If the answer is yes, these Train-the-Facilitator options are for you!

Keys to Beginning Reading (grades K-5)

September 13, 14, 15, 2022 $999 Register Here

The Key Comprehension Routine (grades 4-12)

September 22 & 23, 2022 $699 Register Here

Fall Virtual-Live Sessions:

These all-live trainings are delivered by Keys trainers using Zoom Meeting. Join with others in a training that is engaging and collaborative.

The Key Comprehension Routine: 2 days

Oct. 18 & Nov 8 $299 Register Here

The Key Vocabulary Routine: 2 days

Oct. 20 & Nov.10 $299 Register Here

Keys to Content Writing: 2 days

Oct. 25 & Nov. 15 $299 Regist er Here