Webinars
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
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Read Live Basics
Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 1:00 PM CT
This webinar gives an overview of Read Live, our online suite of four reading programs—Read Naturally Live, Word Warm-ups Live, One Minute Reader Live, and Read Naturally Live—Español.
Topics covered:
- What is fluency
- Oral reading fluency norms
- How the Read Naturally strategy works
- Why the Read Naturally strategy works
- Which needs each program addresses
- Read Live's benefits for students and teachers
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
Read Naturally GATE+ Basics
Tuesday, February 4, 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.
Topics covered:
- How the research-based GATE+ program teaches beginning reading skills and supports vocabulary and comprehension
- Why GATE+ is an effective reading intervention for students
- How the research-based strategy, direct-instruction, and scripted-lesson design support student learning
- How to successfully implement GATE+
Audience:
This webinar is appropriate for educators who work with beginning or developing readers, including:
- Teachers new to GATE+
- General education teachers
- Special education teachers
- Title I teachers
- Reading teachers/specialists
- Paraeducators
- School or district administrators
- RTI/MTSS coordinators
Read Naturally Live: Placement
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 11:00 AM CT
Placement is the process of determining the level of reading material and setting an initial reading rate goal for a student who is about to begin using Read Naturally Live. There are two options for this process: teacher-conducted placement or independent student placement. Placing a student in Read Naturally Live involves establishing the following:
- Level: Which level of material is most appropriate for this student?
- Series: Which series would most benefit this student?
- Goal: Which goal rate will challenge but not frustrate the student?
Topics covered:
- How to determine a level, select a series, and set a goal for your students before they begin using the Read Naturally Live program.
- How to identify students’ earliest phonics needs.
- A live demonstration of the placement process in Read Naturally Live.
- Free resources that will support implementation of Read Naturally Live.
Read Naturally Live: Checking Initial Placement
Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 1:00 PM CT
Proper placement is critical to accelerating student achievement. You can set students up for success by using Read Naturally Live's built-in placement test and then checking initial placement after the student has completed the first three stories. Our new Data Mentor feature provides suggestions for level and goal adjustments. By checking initial placement, you can determine if the student's initial level and goal are appropriate, or if you should adjust either the level or the goal.
Topics covered:
- Why proper placement is critical to each student’s success
- Why it’s important to check a student’s initial placement
- Why the teacher should be present during the cold timing for at least the first three to six stories
- Where to locate the Data Mentor suggestions for each student
- How to generate a Students At-a-Glance report and how to analyze the data
- The key indicators used to evaluate a student’s initial placement level and goal
- How to determine when a student’s initial level and goal are appropriate and when a student’s initial level or goal should be adjusted
- How to adjust a series, level, or goal within Read Live
- Where to find free resources on the Read Naturally website
Word Warm-ups Live Basics
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 12:00 PM CT
This webinar gives an overview of Word Warm-ups Live, one of the intervention programs in the online Read Live platform. Word Warm-ups Live builds automaticity and accuracy in decoding through explicit and systematic phonics instruction. Additionally, this program supports fluency, spelling, and phonemic awareness development.
Topics covered:
- A comparison of the four components of Read Live
- How to log in as a teacher and set up students with access to Word Warm-ups Live
- How to assess students in order to select the appropriate curriculum option to meet their phonics needs
- A demonstration of logging in as a student and working through the steps of word-list and story exercises
- Reports for monitoring students’ progress
- Resources available on the Read Naturally website, including the Read Live Help page
Read Naturally Encore II: Overview and Student Steps
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 11:00 AM CT
Differentiate instruction easily using Read Naturally Encore II, a powerful intervention that accelerates reading achievement by using the research-based Read Naturally Strategy in a print/CD format. Students become confident readers by developing fluency, phonics skills, comprehension, and vocabulary while reading leveled text. This time-tested intervention program engages students with interesting nonfiction stories and yields powerful results.
Topics covered:
- What the Read Naturally Strategy includes
- Areas of reading addressed in Read Naturally Encore II
- Which students are a good fit for Read Naturally Encore II
- What materials are available in Read Naturally Encore II
- How to implement the steps of Read Naturally Encore II with fidelity
Read Naturally Live: Keeping Students Challenged
Wednesday, March 12, 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.
Topics covered:
- Why it’s critical to keep students challenged
- How to monitor a student’s performance
- Where to locate the Data Mentor suggestions for each student
- How to quickly interpret the data on a Students At-a-Glance report
- How to determine when a student is ready for more of a challenge
- How to adjust a series, level, or goal within Read Live
- What guidelines to follow when making a change
- How to access additional resources on the Read Naturally website
One Minute Reader Live: A Summer Solution
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 1:00 PM CT
More students than ever are struggling with reading. Schools and families need more resources to address this growing issue as summer is approaching. One Minute Reader Live, a component of Read Live, can help. It focuses on fluency with support for vocabulary and comprehension. One Minute Reader Live includes six levels of content ranging from early first through mid-fifth grade reading levels. This motivating program provides structured, independent reading practice which engages students in self-directed learning.
Topics covered:
- Learn about Read Live’s independent reading program, One Minute Reader Live
- Understand which students could benefit from this program
- Learn how to assign access to One Minute Reader Live
- Find out how to place students into the program
- Understand how to adjust story options
- Receive resources to help parents utilize One Minute Reader Live with students over the summer
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