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Reading
Like Writers Grades
K–1, 2–3 and 4–5
Teaching your students to read like writers by using touchstone texts empowers them to imagine new
possibilities for their own writing. Touchstone texts are books you know well and study closely for the purpose of learning how they are written.
By reading like writers, we are in effect inviting the authors into our classrooms. We are saying, "We love your work and we want to know your
secrets for writing well." Although the authors may not be speaking to us directly, what they know is all in the pages of their books, if we just
learn how to look.
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Test-Prep with Real Books Grades 2–5
In this workshop participants will learn how to link essential reading strategies with essential strategies required of
students in high-stakes testing situations, and to deliver the instruction within a Reading Workshop framework. The content will focus on four
units of study: Finding Word Meaning in Context (Vocabulary), Determining Importance (Finding the Main Idea), Handling Literal Questions
(Paying Attention to Detail), and Inference (Reading the Unwritten Word).
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| SARAH CORDOVA |
| Sarah Cordova is a literacy consultant and director of a professional development
institute based on Long Island. She leads professional development seminars, working with elementary school teachers to develop and implement
effective and engaging reading and writing practices into their classrooms. Sarah worked on Long Island for many years as a classroom teacher
and staff developer, providing workshops for educators throughout her district. Sarah also teaches as an adjunct professor for both undergraduate
and graduate students in the literacy department at Dowling College. |
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| ILENE COHN |
| Ilene holds a master’s degree in reading and is a licensed school administration supervisor. She received training at Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University and taught at the elementary level for 10 years using balanced literacy strategies. She has also worked as both a literacy coach and reading coordinator. Ilene is currently a national literacy consultant for public schools, specializing in the areas of reading and writing. |
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| JACKIE REYLING |
| Jackie is a staff developer and literacy coach on Long Island as well as an instructor
in the School of Education's Graduate Literacy Department at Dowling College. Prior to becoming a literacy staff developer, Jackie taught utilizing
a reading/writing workshop model for teaching literacy. Jackie was also co-director of the East End Writing Project, an affiliate of the National
Writing Project. She has worked with teachers across Long Island providing demonstration, mentoring, and literacy curriculum writing. |
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| ROBIN COHEN |
| Robin is presently a literacy consultant in several school districts in the Northeast. She was formerly a reading specialist and staff developer in District 11 in the Bronx and at Liberty Elementary School (Nyack School district in Rockland County, NY). Robin was the 2005-2006 winner of the International Reading Association Exemplary Reading Award for New York State. She was the NY State Reading Teacher of the Year in 2002, and honored as an NCTE Educator of Excellence in 2001. Robin is also the originator of the Student-Run Bookstore project published in the American Educator and Parade magazines. |
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If you have any questions, please call us at 1.800.261.9964 |
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