Voyager Sopris Learning EDVIEW360 Podcast Series

Have you ever wanted to implement a sound wall, but are not sure how to get started? In this informative webinar, literacy and sound wall expert Dr. Mary Dahlgren will share the basics of setting up and implementing a sound wall, including how sound walls support the science of reading. If you already are implementing a sound wall, Dr. Dahlgren will show you the latest ways to improve it to increase reading skills.

During the webinar, Dr. Dahlgren will discuss::

• The best way to arrange a sound wall
• Introducing the sounds in a sound wall
• How to implement a sound wall once it is set up 

Join us for this enlightening conversation as our Acadience^® Learning experts discuss how to implement formative assessment of content-area reading in the middle school environment and why that is important. Lessons learned from successful implementation of Acadience^® Reading assessments in K–6 will be shared. We will discuss how and why implementation of formative assessment may differ for middle school. A framework for decision making, called the Outcomes-Driven Model, also will be shared and its use in middle school will be illustrated.

Attendees will learn:

• Useful information about formative assessments of content-area reading skills for use in grades 7 and 8
• How the use of these formative assessments within a decision-making framework focused on improving outcomes
• The benefits of this approach and the structure of these assessments
• Why it is imperative to focus on students in middle school