Summer Syntax Celebration Recordings with Dr. Margie Gillis

Syntax is often overlooked and misunderstood, but is KEY to reading and writing proficiency!

This series presents research on syntax and explains its critical role in comprehending complex text, reading fluency, and writing coherent sentences. Armed with this understanding, educators learned how to teach their students the functions of sentence parts—words, phrases, and clauses—in order to show them how to unpack the meaning of sentences they encounter in text and write a variety of sentences to convey ideas.

Over the course of four sessions, participants learned instructional strategies and activities to build reading comprehension and written expression skills.