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English Language Arts training sessions scheduled: Text Complexity is the New Black

English language arts (ELA) teachers for grades 3–12 will learn what text complexity is, why complex text is vital to assist in raising the rigor for our students, and how best to scaffold learning using evidence-based strategies. Structured literacy demands teachers present students with appropriately complex texts, explicitly teaching students to grapple with them.  

Attendees will practice identifying appropriately complex text for their students and explore how to effectively scaffold to leverage productive struggle and student success. 

What to bring

  • Participants should bring 2-3 samples of literary and informational texts that they expect to teach their students. 
  • A device to use for researching Lexile range of text and additional text sets. 

 

This event is free to attend and free graduate college credit is available. Register here

  • Dec. 11 - Southwest Plains, Sublette  
  • Dec. 12 – Greenbush, Lawrence  
  • Jan. 9 – Orion, Clearwater  
  • Jan. 17 – ESSDACK, Hutchinson 
  • Jan. 23 - Smoky Hill, Salina  
  • Jan. 27 – Greenbush, Girard 

 

Contact Dr. Laurie Curtis, lcurtis@ksde.org, with questions. 

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Posted: Nov 14, 2024,
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