Webinar
Words, Words, Words: The Building Blocks of Reading Comprehension
In This Webinar
Teaching students word meanings and how to determine them is foundational to the development of reading comprehension. But it’s not enough to ensure your students will comprehend what they read. In Words, Words, Words, you’ll learn to use a research-supported framework for teaching students word meanings and word-meaning-learning strategies in the early grades to support their efforts to comprehend what they read.
Meet the Speakers
Ray Reutzel
Dr. D. Ray Reutzel is a senior research fellow in the Center for the School of the Future at Utah State University and an emeritus faculty member and former dean of the College of Education at the University of Wyoming. Reutzel served as an author and advisor to research-validated programs including i-Ready, Magnetic Reading Foundations, and Magnetic Reading. He is the author of more than 235 published pieces, is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, and served as its president from 2017–2019.
Parker C. Fawson
Dr. Parker C. Fawson is the Emma Eccles Jones Endowed Chair of Early Education and director of the Center for the School of the Future at Utah State University. He is a former dean of the School of Education at Utah Valley University and past president of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers and is currently a member of the Utah Science of Reading Expert Panel. He has authored many pieces on early reading, reading motivation, and at-risk readers and is co-author of Your Classroom Library: New Ways to Give It More Teaching Power.