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Summit 17 VICTORIA Jan 20-21, 2017 Victoria Conference Centre When Struggling Readers Thrive Dreams Come True Summit 17 Rate $395.00 plus GST Recent Summits were full. Book early. Block bookings are available to schools and districts. Purchase spaces now and provide names later. Registrations cannot be cancelled. However, substitutions are welcome. Request your registration form by emailing: [email protected] Join Our International Literacy Experts Dr. Tim Rasinski Dr. Richard Allington Dr. Anne Cunningham Ruth Culham Dr. Maria Walther Matt Glover Lori Jamison Dr. Janet Mort Margo Southall … and more! This Summit is designed for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, Literacy Leaders and Administrators NEW! Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tim Rasinski Fluency and Comprehension International Expert Announcing Dr. Tim Rasinski in Residence Please reference page 2 for his biography. Three keynotes by Dr. Tim Rasinski: 1. Kindergarten to Grade 7 educators - Opening Address: The Significance of Fluency, Prosody and Comprehension as essential for a future successful middle and high school experience. 2. Special Keynote to K to 3 educators – How do we teach fluency and comprehension in early primary when they are just learning Foundational Skills? 3. Special Keynote to Grades 4 to 7 educators – How do we coach late primary/intermediate children to develop independent research and project development capacity? Tim Rasinski will also be available for interactive discussions. All other authors will expand on the topic with practical classroom ideas. Summit Focus: The Missing Link for Many Learners Strong Fluency, Prosody and Comprehension Skills Predict Literacy Success for a Lifetime. The innovative BC experiential curriculum anticipates that students ought to choose for themselves which topic or phenomenon they want to study, problem solve and collaborate in teams bearing in mind their ambitions for the future and their capabilities. While many children in elementary schools master Foundational Skills they struggle with Fluency and Comprehension Skills resulting in an inability to proceed with project work and independent research. This is an ideal Summit for Elementary and Middle School teachers who are working with struggling readers not yet ready to be independent researchers. Fluency and comprehension begin in kindergarten! Join us at this Summit with our expert authors, including Dr. Richard Allington, world renowned intervention expert. Authors’ books will be available for purchase.

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Summit 17

VICTORIA Jan 20-21, 2017

Victoria Conference Centre

When Struggling Readers Thrive

Dreams Come True

Summit 17 Rate $395.00 plus GST Recent Summits were full. Book early. Block bookings are available to schools and districts. Purchase spaces now and provide names later. Registrations cannot be cancelled. However, substitutions are welcome.

Request your registration form by emailing:

[email protected]

Join Our International Literacy Experts

Dr. Tim Rasinski

Dr. Richard Allington

Dr. Anne Cunningham

Ruth Culham

Dr. Maria Walther

Matt Glover

Lori Jamison

Dr. Janet Mort

Margo Southall

… and more!

This Summit is designed for

Elementary and Middle School Teachers,

Literacy Leaders and Administrators

NEW!

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Tim Rasinski

Fluency and Comprehension International Expert

Announcing

Dr. Tim Rasinski in Residence Please reference page 2 for his biography.

Three keynotes by Dr. Tim Rasinski:

1. Kindergarten to Grade 7 educators - Opening Address:

The Significance of Fluency, Prosody and Comprehension as essential for a future

successful middle and high school experience.

2. Special Keynote to K to 3 educators – How do we teach fluency and comprehension in

early primary when they are just learning Foundational Skills?

3. Special Keynote to Grades 4 to 7 educators – How do we coach late

primary/intermediate children to develop independent research and project

development capacity?

Tim Rasinski will also be available for interactive discussions. All other authors will expand

on the topic with practical classroom ideas.

Summit Focus:

The Missing Link for Many Learners

Strong Fluency, Prosody and Comprehension Skills

Predict Literacy Success for a Lifetime.

The innovative BC experiential curriculum anticipates that students ought to choose for

themselves which topic or phenomenon they want to study, problem solve and collaborate in

teams bearing in mind their ambitions for the future and their capabilities.

While many children in elementary schools master Foundational Skills they struggle with Fluency

and Comprehension Skills resulting in an inability to proceed with project work and independent

research.

This is an ideal Summit for Elementary and Middle School teachers who are working with

struggling readers not yet ready to be independent researchers. Fluency and comprehension

begin in kindergarten!

Join us at this Summit with our expert authors, including Dr. Richard Allington, world renowned

intervention expert. Authors’ books will be available for purchase.

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Introducing Dr. Tim Rasinski: Author and Expert in Residence