Since 1991, Read Naturally has established highly effective strategies and best practices to help struggling and developing readers be successful. In order to share these ideas and strategies, we host free webinars on a range of literacy instruction topics. Please join us for a live webinar when they're scheduled or watch one of our many recorded webinars.
Recordings of past webinars
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 11:00 AM CT
This webinar gives an overview of Read Naturally Live which is our flagship program. Read Naturally Live is one of four programs in the online Read Live platform. This intervention program focuses on fluency and phonics with additional support for vocabulary, spelling and comprehension.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 11:00 AM CT
Read Naturally GATE+ supports reading achievement by using the research-proven Read Naturally Strategy including teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. This webinar introduces educators to Read Naturally GATE+, an interactive program that uses explicit, systematic instruction to teach phonemic awareness and phonics, develop fluency, master high frequency words, and provide support for vocabulary and comprehension. The carefully scripted lessons in GATE+ are appropriate for use with small groups or for whole class instruction. The presenter walks through the program steps to show how this direct instruction model improves students’ skills in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
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This webinar is appropriate for educators who work with beginning or developing readers, including:
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 11:00 AM CT
Keeping students challenged is critical to making progress in Read Naturally Live. Students make the most progress when they are challenged—but not frustrated. Our Data Mentor feature provides suggestions for level and goal adjustments. By understanding how to interpret the data, you can quickly monitor each student’s performance and make instructional decisions that will maximize each student’s progress.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | 11:00 AM CT
This webinar gives an overview of Read Naturally Live—Español. Read Naturally Live—Español is one of four programs in the online Read Live platform. This intervention program focuses on fluency with additional support for vocabulary and comprehension.
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