Experienced teacher, administrator, and literacy consultant Nancy Hennessy, M.Ed., says, “It’s time to face the facts and recognize that the science of reading does address comprehension and instructional practice.” In this highly anticipated HELP webinar she examined what the research has revealed about comprehension and its critical contributors. Hennessy explored how that awareness informs an instructional framework that addresses both the acquisition of literacy skills and content knowledge. She will share practical instructional tools that support the reader’s understanding and application of learning from texts.
In her groundbreaking book The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning of Text, Hennessy provides educators with valuable guidance for delivering structured comprehension instruction in K-8 classrooms.
While serving as a national trainer for Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling, she co-authored LETRS, Digging for Meaning: Teaching Text Comprehension (2nd edition) with Louisa Moats. Hennessy is a past president of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and a recipient of IDA's Margaret Byrd Rawson Lifetime Achievement Award. She was recently honored with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's 2023 Impact Award.
The Reading Comprehension Blueprint will be discussed in HELP book clubs this summer. Be sure to sign up by June 1.
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