Reading Webinar

Advocate Academy
Webinar Series

Understanding Reading Instruction
and Remediation

Conducted November 13 and 15, 2006

Presenter: Sally Grimes, Ed.M.

Sally Grimes
Founding Director
Grimes Reading Institute

Webinar Archives and Materials

Webinar Archives:

PART I: This is the Archive of the November 13, 2006 Webinar. (1 hr., 22 minutes in length)
PART II: This is the Archive of the November 15, 2006 Webinar. (1 hr., 20 minutes in length)
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Webinar PowerPoint Presentation Handouts:

PART I: This is the Handout for PART I of the Webinar presentation (November 13, 2006). (PDF, 20 pgs.)
PART II: This is the Handout for PART II of the Webinar presentation (November 15, 2006). (PDF, 15 pgs.)

Strategies for Advocates: This chart offers strategies that advocates might use in discussing the reading instruction and remediation for struggling readers (PDF, 4 pgs).

Supplemental Information: This is an additional Handout offering supplemental information on reading instruction and remediation. (PDF, 7 pgs.)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Reading: The Last Civil Right: This is an article by Sally Grimes, Ed.M., on reading failure among America's school children and ways to address the problem. (PDF, 6 pgs.)

Target the Problem: This handout describes the five components of reading and difficulties that kids experience within each area. From Reading Rockets (PDF, 5 pgs.)