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February 2023
R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 1: The Science of Reading
The science of reading has changed reading instruction in elementary classrooms. Day 1 of R.I.S.E. (Reading Initiative for Student Excellence) provides an overview of the scientific evidence from brain research and imaging on how young children learn to read. The session will be held at the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building, which is located at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel…
Find out more »Stand-Alone R.I.S.E. Day: Phonological Awareness
This session is for educators who have chosen Pathway D as their proficiency pathway for Science of Reading which includes watching the Arkansas IDEAS videos plus 3 additional days. This session is one of six options for the 3 days required along with the videos to complete phase 1 of Pathway D and the content will focus upon Phonological Awareness. Educators needing a proficiency pathway are K-6 teachers of ELA, math, science or social studies and K-12 SpEd teachers. This…
Find out more »March 2023
R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 2: Oral Language and Phonological Awareness
This session will focus on ways to increase opportunities to stimulate and improve conversations in the classroom. We will learn the importance of phonological and phonemic awareness in reading instruction by practicing speech sounds of consonants and vowels and using assessment to guide instructional techniques. The session will be held at the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street,…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 3: Phonics
This session will explain the role of phonics in reading. We will learn multisensory strategies to teach students decoding and encoding skills that promote orthographic mapping - the process of storing words permanently. Explicit spelling instruction will be demonstrated with the six syllable types that follow regular spelling patterns as well as how to teach high-frequency words. For more complex spelling patterns, we will learn syllable division rules to set students up for the successful reading of multi-syllable words. The…
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R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 4
Participants will learn what it means to be fluent based on scientific evidence. The session will be held at the APSRC office, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 5
Participants will learn all about oral language, morphology, and vocabulary. The session will be held at the APSRC office, Suite 315 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking…
Find out more »R.I.S.E. K-2 Day 6
Participants will learn all about comprehension. The session will be held at the APSRC Training Center, Suite 375 in the Victory Building at 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201. Parking is available in a garage located on 6th Street, which runs parallel to Capitol Avenue. The garage is connected to the Victory Building via a second-floor walkway. You will need $6 to cover all-day parking or $2 per hour for hourly parking. Metered parking also is available.…
Find out more »Stand-Alone R.I.S.E. Day: Encoding
This session is for educators who have chosen Pathway D as their proficiency pathway for Science of Reading which includes watching the Arkansas IDEAS videos plus 3 additional days. This session is one of six options for the 3 days required along with the videos to complete phase 1 of Pathway D and the content will focus upon encoding. Educators needing a proficiency pathway are K-6 teachers of ELA, math, science or social studies and K-12 SpEd teachers. This session…
Find out more »Stand-Alone R.I.S.E. Day: Morphology
This session is for educators who have chosen Pathway D as their proficiency pathway for Science of Reading which includes watching the Arkansas IDEAS videos plus 3 additional days. This session is one of six options for the 3 days required along with the videos to complete phase 1 of Pathway D and the content will focus upon morphology. Educators needing a proficiency pathway are K-6 teachers of ELA, math, science or social studies and K-12 SpEd teachers. This session…
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