Reignite your teaching practices with Zinc’s free On-Demand e-Learning Modules.

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Build a classroom of confident, engaged, and motivated readers.

Upgrade ALL your students’ reading levels.This no-cost, four-part series gives you tools to instantly get your students engaged with reading — starting with the very next text you teach.

Total learning time: ~1 hour

  • After completing this 10- to 12-minute module, you will:

    • Understand the obstacles that decoding and vocabulary pose for secondary readers

    • Identify Tier 2 words and understand how to help students learn them through multi-modal and spaced repetition strategies

    • Recognize common decoding gaps among adolescent readers and learn how to address them with simple, everyday classroom practices

    • Create a classroom environment where all students know to look for and correct reading mistakes

  • After completing this 20-minute module, you will:

    • Understand the obstacles that hold students back from comprehending when reading

    • Learn a simple reading protocol that teaches students what to DO when they read

    • Acquire tactics to apply these strategies to any text, making class discussions more inclusive and alive

  • After this 20-minute module, you will be able to:

    • Plan effective integration of Zinc activities

    • Understand the components and intended outcomes of Zinc Journeys

    • Assign course-aligned activities in Zinc

    • Identify key information in Zinc reports to inform classroom instruction

  • After completing this 10-minute module, you will be able to:

    • Explain the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

    • Understand the role of love-driven effort in learning

    • Understand what motivates teens and how reading can appeal to their deepest needs

    • Build a classroom culture of reading

Want to connect with someone at Zinc before you start these modules? Email support@zinclearninglabs.com.