The Science of Reading: The Reading Brain
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The Science of Reading: The Reading Brain

Issued by Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8

Explore why many children have difficulty learning to read, explore a four-part processing system, and identify skills for successful reading. This professional learning is the foundation for all future professional learning in this series. Earners of this badge demonstrate an understanding of reading difficulties, how a “four-part processing system” works, and the skills learners need to be successful readers.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Actively participate in the face-to-face professional learning event, "Unpacking the Science of Reading: The Reading Brain."
  • Develop an action plan that identifies a learner struggling with reading, identifies the reader's difficulty as it relates to one of the brain processors, and describes an instructional strategy matching the processor to support reading.