Day 2 - 10 Tools for Comprehension

Many teachers are actually testing or practising comprehension rather than teaching children explicit strategies to improve comprehension. Learn how to implement a structured programme to improve the comprehension of every child in your school.

The Citigate Central Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney, Tuesday 12th October 2010, 9.30am - 4pm

Teachers will learn:
 

• Theory of comprehension, including current research
• How to teach 10 explicit comprehension strategies 
• How to incorporate comprehension into a balanced reading programme
• How to plan, teach and assess comprehension

Impact on children:
 

• Enjoyment of all reading with rocket! 
• Increased reading standards for all children
• Explicit use of comprehension strategies to gain meaning from a variety of texts
• Ability to analyse and discuss texts will improve dramatically 

As a result parents will:

• See their children reading for pleasure 
• See their children's comprehension improve
• Understand that their children can begin to be more independent readers

The workshop leader is Jo-Anne Dooner, co-founder of Get Reading Right and author of the best selling Synthetic Phonics Toolkit. Having worked as a Deputy-Principal and a Literacy Coordinator Jo-Anne has a deep understanding of how to lead literacy development as well as how to teach it. Her training is “teacher friendly" and has a "nonsense approach” which inspires teachers to get up and do it!

Jo-Anne is regularly featured in Australian media, including Channel 9 and 2UE Radio, describing Get Reading Right's "revolutionary technique".

Read what teachers said about Jo-Anne's workshops

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(Please note: Day 3 - Guided Reading has been cancelled)

Workshop Details:

Date: Tuesday 12th October 2010, 9.30am - 4pm

Time: 9.30am - 4pm

Venue: The Citigate Central Hotel, Haymarket, Sydney

Fees: $260 per day. Reserve a place at 2 days and receive a $20 discount. Reserve a place at all 3 days and receive a $40 discount.*

*NOTE: The multi-day booking discounts will be applied to your invoice.