Strong intermediate narratives go beyond recounting events. This session gives teachers concrete lesson ideas for helping students generate meaningful problems, craft satisfying solutions, and produce well-structured narratives aligned to Indiana’s Academic Standards — with practical links to Savvas woven throughout.
As a literacy consultant with Smekens Education, Didi Harris partners with educators to strengthen reading and writing instruction through practical, evidence-based strategies. Drawing on her experience as a classroom teacher, interventionist, and reading specialist, she helps teachers... Read More →
Informative writing at the intermediate level goes beyond listing facts. This session gives teachers concrete lesson ideas for helping students organize information purposefully, embed evidence and content-specific vocabulary, and elaborate beyond the obvious — with clear connections to Savvas curriculum ready to use across any informative writing unit.
As a literacy consultant with Smekens Education, Didi Harris partners with educators to strengthen reading and writing instruction through practical, evidence-based strategies. Drawing on her experience as a classroom teacher, interventionist, and reading specialist, she helps teachers... Read More →
This session explores the exciting shift from foundational skills to deep, complex literacy by examining the upper strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope and Sedita’s Writing Rope to develop critical readers and writers.
Before students can argue, they need to learn to persuade. This session helps intermediate teachers guide students in taking evidence-based positions, organizing reasons with supporting details, and elaborating beyond the obvious. Teachers will leave with practical lesson ideas that connect directly to Savvas curriculum materials.
As a literacy consultant with Smekens Education, Didi Harris partners with educators to strengthen reading and writing instruction through practical, evidence-based strategies. Drawing on her experience as a classroom teacher, interventionist, and reading specialist, she helps teachers... Read More →
