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The Literacy Game Plan: Using Games to Teach, Engage, and Differentiate

The Literacy Game Plan is your go-to guide for using games to make literacy instruction more effective and more fun. In this training, we’ll walk you through how to intentionally use games to target specific reading and language skills, keep students engaged, and make differentiation simple. You’ll see how just one game can be adapted in multiple ways to meet different goals—and walk away with ready-to-use templates and ideas to build your own game-based activities. Whether you're working 1:1 or with a small group, you'll leave with a game plan that works.

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Progress Monitoring Made Simple: How to Set Goals and Track What Matters

This training is all about making reading growth visible without adding hours to your day. Whether you’re tracking student progress for small group instruction, Tier 2 intervention, or IEP goals, this training walks you through simple strategies and tools—including our customizable Google Sheets progress tracker with built-in graphs. Learn how to use your daily lessons and student responses to guide instruction, communicate progress, and confidently answer the question, “Is this working?”

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From Data to Decisions: A Framework for Targeted Instruction

Tired of staring at student data and not knowing what to do next? This high-impact training gives you a simple, actionable framework to confidently interpret data and design instruction that actually meets student needs. Whether you're in a classroom, intervention group, or private practice, you’ll walk away with the tools to turn numbers into next steps.

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