Professional Development

Online Seminars

Free Online 60 Minute Overview Sessions

Without leaving your desk, learn about Really Great Reading’s most popular solutions. Our free webinars put you in touch with product experts who highlight the key features of our products and then give you a chance to ask your own questions.

To attend, you'll just need a computer with an internet connection and a telephone. That's it!

Diagnosing Decoding Issues in Students of All Ages

Upcoming dates:

Tuesday, May 29, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
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RGR’s Diagnostic Decoding Surveys are an easy and efficient way to quickly detect when students are having word-level reading difficulties and pinpoint specific decoding weaknesses.

This session is designed to—

Help you identify students who would benefit from decoding instruction
Teach you how to administer and score the Diagnostic Decoding Surveys
Use survey results to pinpoint students' specific difficulties
Learn to group students for instruction (using the Grouping Matrix)
Monitor student progress and report on student response to instruction

Phonics Suite Overview

Upcoming dates:

Tuesday, May 29, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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What is Phonics Suite?

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Many students experience undiagnosed decoding (or word-level) difficulties that hamper their academic achievement. Designed with adolescents in mind, Really Great Reading’s Phonics Suite provides a comprehensive set of tools to help literacy professionals identify, group, and teach students with decoding difficulties.

Phonics Suite lessons improve reading skills for students in grades 2-12. The two sets of lessons teach students to read more accurately and improve comprehension. Phonemic awareness, phonics, word attack, and fluency are at the heart of the multisensory, systematic, and explicit lessons.

Identify students for the lessons
Review lesson structure for expected outcomes
Understand how the lessons fit into a school's literacy plan

ADS Plus - A New Diagnostic Decoding Assessment

Upcoming dates:

Monday, June 4, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
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RGR has recently added a new assessment of decoding skills – The ADS Plus. This survey is used to refine our understanding of students who exhibit weakness on certain sections of the Advanced Decoding Survey.

Join us to learn more about:

What it is
Who it’s for
What it assesses
How it can be used to increase your understanding of your students
How it’s integrated into the Grouping Matrix

Really Great Reading and Response to Intervention (RTI)

Upcoming dates:

TBD

Phonics Suite tools are often used in a RtI setting. People use them in different ways depending on their situation. Join us for a live discussion on how to make the most out of the tools we offer to identify, group, and teach students who are struggling with decoding.

This includes a discussion on the common RtI uses of:

Diagnostic Decoding Surveys (including our new ADS+)
The Grouping Matrix
Phonics Blitz and Boost (Tier 2 and Tier 3 Decoding Interventions)

Grouping Matrix Advanced Usage

Upcoming dates:

TBD

The Grouping Matrix is a free online tool that enables you to group students in grades 1-12, according to the type and depth of their decoding difficulties. Join us to look at some of its more advanced uses.

This session is designed to help you:

Transition from one school year to another
Explore the new features and new assessments
Run accurate and helpful reports
Monitor student progress and report on student response to instruction
Export data for further analysis