Scholastic RED Online Course:
READ 180: Best Practices for Reading Intervention
The course discusses how to use Scholastic's READ 180 materials to provide systematic, explicit instruction in decoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing, with the goal of raising student achievement in reading. Online sessions are supported by lesson plans and classroom resources to ensure that course content is seamlessly integrated into READ 180 classrooms. Teachers learn at their own pace, have the opportunity to earn graduate credit, and stay current on research-based strategies and best practices. Each RED online course includes hundreds of downloadable teacher and student resources for use in the classroom.

Learning Benefits:

• Enables teachers to identify elements of an effective phonics lesson, engage students during modeled fluent reading, teach essential academic vocabulary, scaffold comprehension learning, and assess skills taught during direct instruction
• Presents research-based teaching techniques for writing
• Enables teachers to use READ 180 assessment tools to guide instruction.