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SUMMARY:3057.2\, CODE\, IDA\, The Syntax Attuned Educator: Supporting Stude
 nts’ Ability to Comprehend Sentences\, 2 of 4\, 2022 Series (Feb. 2022)
DESCRIPTION:
 
 
 
 Format:  CODE
 
 
 Audience:  ELA Teachers\, L
 eaders
 
 
 
 
 Area:   Reading\, Structured Literacy
 
 
 Grade
  Span:   K-5
 
 
 
 
 Location: Online
 
 
 Sponsor:  IDA
 
 
 
 
 
 Presenter:  Dr. Margie Gillis
 
 
 Contact hours:  
 
 
 
 
 
       
  2022 Series - This was copied directly from the web
 site:  \"Syntactic knowledge\, the ability to understand a variety of gra
 mmatical structures within the context of a sentence\, supports students
 ’ comprehension of text. This session presents research on syntax and ex
 plains its critical role in comprehending complex text. Armed with this un
 derstanding\, educators learn how to teach their students the functions of
  sentence parts—words\, phrases\, and clauses—in order to show them ho
 w to unpack the meaning of sentences they encounter in text.
 Objectives:
  
 
 To share research on the role that syntactic knowledge plays in re
 ading comprehension
 To explain why teachers need to build their own synt
 actic knowledge
 To present some instructional activities to support stud
 ents’ ability to comprehend a variety of sentences
 
  
 Dr. Margie 
 B. Gillis\, Ed.D. is a Certified Academic Language Therapist\, a research 
 affiliate at Haskins Laboratories and the founder and president of  Liter
 acy How\, a non-profit organization that provides professional development
  for teachers on how to apply the Science of Reading. Margie is also the p
 resident of Anne Fowler Foundation providing scholarships for educators.
  She is the co-founder of Smart Kids with LD\, the former president of Co
 nnBIDA\, and a board member of the Academic Language Therapy Association a
 nd the Reading League of CT. She is an editor of the IDA Perspectives Jour
 nal and the Reading League Journal and a professional advisor for Understo
 od\, ReadWorks\, and the International Foundation for Effective Reading In
 struction. Margie believes that learning to read is a civil right and that
  all children benefit from research and evidence-based instruction.
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 s://spotlightonstructuredliteracyfeb2022.eventbrite.com\"
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