Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series

This series of webinars takes some big ideas and packages them up into digestible bite-sized sessions to help K-2 teachers and leaders take the next step in implementing evidence-based reading in their classrooms.

Each session covers a specific topic and aims to give you practical solutions so you can walk into your classroom and implement the literacy instruction with confidence. Each webinar is designed to give you some takeaway resources, models, and ideas for how to best support your K-2 students.

Register to watch 1, 2 or the whole series. This series offers professional learning about explicit and systematic reading instruction available to watch when and where it suits you. Each webinar recording is available for you to watch for 30 days and if register for the whole series you will have 180 days to watch (and re-watch) the recordings.

Looking for short In-school professional learning for your team?

You can register as an individual or a school and watch the webinar recordings as a group at after school or twilight professional learning sessions or in team meetings.

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Sessions start from just $50 for SPELD NSW Members ($70 for Non-Member). Purchase the series bundle and save! Team learning or individual learning options available!

If you need an invoice for a school purchase order booking, please contact us.

Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series – 10 Webinar Bundle – Individual Learning

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

30 November -0001

Yes

Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series – 10 Webinar Bundle – Team Learning

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

30 November -0001

Yes

The K-2 Literacy Block – Individual Learning

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

27 March 2024

The what and the when! How do you plan for all that needs to be taught in K-2 reading? This short webinar gives you a great structure to adopt in your classroom and some ideas for how to get the best out of your learning time. We will help you think about the purpose of each lesson and what each lesson can look like in your classroom!

Yes

The K-2 Literacy Block – Team Learning

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

27 March 2024

Yes

Teaching New Sound-Spelling Correspondences – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

2 April 2024

In this short webinar, you will learn a very simple but effective way to introduce new sound-spelling correspondences to your students. How do we teach students voiced/unvoiced sounds? How do we ensure they are pronouncing the phonemes correctly? We will show you how to be direct, targeted, and student-centred using our simple ‘Learning a new GPC’ routine.

Yes

Teaching New Sound-Spelling Correspondences – Team Learning

WHEN: Time and date to be confirmed

2 April 2024

Yes

Teaching How to Decode and Blend Words – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

10 April 2024

Every K-2 classroom needs an effective routine of how to decode, encode, and blend words. In this session, we show you a great way to help students understand the connection between sounds and letters and how to blend sounds to read words correctly and confidently. This session will help you ensure that there is no guesswork in word reading! 

Yes

Teaching How to Decode and Blend Words – Team Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

11 April 2024

Yes

The Phonics Lesson: I do, we do, you do – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

2 May 2024

This webinar examines the elements of a direct and explicit K-2 phonics lesson structure. You will receive a clear and effective model of instruction that will help you implement an ‘I do, we do, you do’ structure in your phonics and spelling lessons. We will discuss differentiation, what resources to use, and how to get all students actively engaged and learning how to read and spell!

Yes

The Phonics Lesson: I do, we do, you do – Team Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

3 May 2024

Yes

Irregular Words: When words don’t play by the rules! – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

14 May 2024

In this webinar, we demystify irregular words. What are they exactly? When and how should we teach them? We will show you how to plan for your irregular word instruction and most importantly, how to teach and practice these tricky words! You will learn 2 simple routines and get some insights into some activities that will help with making these words stick in students’ long-term memory! 

Yes

Irregular Words: When words don’t play by the rules! – Team Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

15 May 2024

Yes

The Daily Review: where the real learning happens! – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

20 May 2024

In this webinar, you will learn about the power of retrieval practice! We will discuss the difference between teaching and learning and how introducing this short lesson (or lessons) into your day might just be the dose of practice your young readers are looking for! We will show you how to plan for this lesson, how to build a simple slide deck, and how to implement this short but all-important session in your day! 

Yes

The Daily Review: where the real learning happens – Team Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

21 May 2024

Yes

Decoding Decodable Texts: How to select decodable texts for your readers – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

5 June 2024

In this webinar, we consider what makes a decodable… decodable? We show you how to align texts to your scope and sequence and how to select decodable texts that are appropriate for the reader and differentiated for various levels. We will look at basic code and extended code examples and help you understand how to make the best choices for your readers.

Yes

Decoding Decodable Texts: How to select decodable texts for your readers – Team Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

6 June 2024

Yes

Planning for Partner Reading in K-2 – Individual Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

11 June 2024

In this webinar, we introduce you to the ‘reading practice and fluency lesson’ which is a key part of the literacy block. We will examine how to plan for this lesson, how to select and use resources, and what partner reading can look like across K-2. We will show you a great example of warm-up slides you can use in this lesson and a routine to teach students for partner reading.

Yes

Planning for Partner Reading in K-2 – Team Learning

WHEN: 3:30pm - 4:45pm,

12 June 2024

Yes

Prices

Registrations for single webinars:

Non-members:
Individual registration: $70
Individual parent registration: $35
School or Clinic Team registration: $425

SPELD NSW Members:
Individual ticket: $50
Individual Tutor or Professional Member: $40
School or Clinic Team registration: $350

Access all 10 webinars with this discounted 10-webinar bundle:

Non-members:
Individual ticket to all 10 webinars: $490
School or Clinic Team access to all 10 webinars: $2,125

SPELD NSW Members:
Individual registration to all 10 webinars: $350
Individual registration for all 10 webinars for a Tutor or Professional Member: $280
School or Clinic Team access to all 10 webinars: $1,930

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Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series