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Literacy and Content Instruction That Supports Language Development
February 27, 2024
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
$79.00 members ILA Members | $119.00 nonmembers (includes annual membership)
**If you are a member of GALA, you qualify to receive 30% OFF the registration fee!**
You must enter a DISCOUNT CODE when you register to receive the 30% discount. Every active GALA member was sent an email containing the DISCOUNT CODE on February 9, 2024. Please email chair@galiteracy.org if you did not receive this email, and we'll send you the discount code right away!
Full Webinar Description: For decades, assessment data has painted a concerning picture of students’ reading comprehension, revealing that traditional approaches have fallen short in raising proficient readers. However, research demonstrates that integrated content and literacy approaches have a significant impact over typical instruction in both vocabulary and comprehension outcomes in elementary school.
In this ILA Intensive hosted by Sonia Cabell, speakers will focus on how content-rich approaches, which often integrate science and social studies with oral language instruction, improve students’ language development in the early grades and offer ideas for classroom application.
Through sessions from keynote Susan B. Neuman and featured speakers HyeJin Hwang, Jackie Relyea, and Tanya S. Wright, participants will understand
- The current policy landscape for integrated content and literacy instruction
- How to make content-rich conversations a cornerstone of learning
- Approaches for supporting multilingual learners’ comprehension and language development
- How to support inference-making in content-rich literacy instruction
- Strategies to support language development as an entry point to disciplinary literacy
Your registration gives you access to both the live event and the on-demand recording, which will be available to you through August 27, 2024.