Instructor: Eulyn Thomas 
Class Meeting Dates – Saturdays October 28, November 4^th & 18^th, December 2^nd & 16^th
Times: 8:30pm – 4:30pm 
Asynchronous Work Time: None 
Location: Virtual
Cost: Registration Fee Required

This course focuses on the research and exemplary practices that help students acquire strong reading comprehension skills in all content. It provides participants with a synthesis of the research base on reading comprehension instruction and vocabulary development. Participants examine, discuss, and evaluate the appropriate application of a range of instructional strategies from explicit to implicit teaching of comprehension skills. Strategies are presented for increasing student comprehension of both narrative and expository texts—including content area textbooks. In addition, approaches are presented to help students monitor their own comprehension and apply appropriate “fix‐up” strategies when comprehension is not achieved. Practice in using these instructional strategies and examples of student work are embedded in each unit.