Free webinar on Comprehending Content-Area Texts

Content Provided by: A Wider World: Comprehending Content-Area TextsBeing able to comprehend complex texts from a variety of content areas is an essential skill in the information age. Teaching students how to adapt their approach to a text based on its content area is a key part of comprehension. Pearson’s iLit is a comprehensive literacy solution designed to produce two or more years of reading growth in a single year. Based on a proven instructional model that has produced results for students in districts across the country for more than a decade, iLit has been carefully crafted to meet the rigors of the Common Core State Standards and to prepare students for success. In this webinar, Dr. Sharon Vaughn, executive director of The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin, will discuss strategies for teaching students vocabulary and comprehension within content area texts, and how iLit provides an effective way of implementing these strategies. Presenter: Sharon Vaughn, executive director, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas, Austin This webinar will be moderated by John Guild, senior product and marketing manager, Pearson iLit. Register now for this free live webinar.

Webinar Date: Thursday, Aug. 22, 2 to 3 p.m. ET Can't attend? All Education Week webinars are archived and accessible "on demand" for up to four months after the original live-streaming date.