Webinar
The Reading Fluency Bridge: From Word Study to Comprehension
In This Webinar
Reading fluency instruction and practices are the crucial link between early decoding and reading comprehension. You’ll learn how reading fluency creates conditions in your classroom for students to be able to automatize their knowledge of words and free up memory to help focus their attention on comprehending what they read. Dr. D. Ray Reutzel and Dr. Parker C. Fawson will share what effective reading fluency instruction looks like, plus various reading practice routines, along with the efficacy research.
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.