Colorado Reading project

Colorado Reading Project

Instructor:

Krista L. McDaniel

Literacy Coordinator at Littleton High School

For further content or registration information, please contact Krista McDaniel at:

kmcdaniel@lps.k12.co.us

or call 303-947-9419

Hosted by

Littleton High School

199 East Littleton Blvd.,

Littleton, CO 80121

Monday - Thursday

June 8 - 18

8:30AM-3:30PM

Participate in a text-based collaborative learning model
Discuss the Daniels and Zemelman book Subjects Matter
Practice action strategies to improve students’ comprehension based upon Wilhelm’s Action Strategies for Improving Comprehension
Introduce content area strategies from Improving Adolescent Literacy: Content Area Strategies that Work by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Develop new curriculum units and text sets for differentiation in the classroom
Use technology to employ the concept of webquests
Read adolescent/adult fiction and nonfiction, while examining personal strategies for reading and comprehending texts
CRP was developed by Dr. Nancy Shanklin, University of Colorado Denver HSC in conjunction with the Secondary Literacy Network

Target audience: Secondary level content area teachers, language arts teachers, reading teachers, special education teachers, literacy/instructional coaches, and principals in instructional leadership roles

Credit Hours: 3 hours Littleton Public Schools or UCDHSC graduate credit; 4.5 Continuing Education Units

Costs: The following information provides the costs for last year’s workshop. Costs are subject to change based on tuition increases for UCDHSC.

Credit Hours: 3 hours Littleton Public Schools (cost of workshop) or UCD graduate credit (cost of workshop + $150); 4.5 Continuing Education Units

Costs: The following information provides the costs for last year’s workshop. Costs are subject to change based on tuition increases for UCD.

· $425 for the workshop payable to UCD

· $50 per semester hour ($150 total) for UCD graduate credit if desired; credit transfers to UCD’s master’s and endorsement program in secondary (MDL/H) reading

· $10 per Continuing Education Units ($45 total) through UCD

Please download the following flyer for current information, or email Krista McDaniel at kmcdaniel@lps.k12.co.us for more information.

CRP flyer 2009 4.13.09.pdf