Session Information: Many times, our students seem to have all of the necessary skills they need to be good readers (things like phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies, to name a few), but somehow, they still struggle with putting all of these things together in order to comprehend texts. In this session, we will dig a bit […]

Session Information: Coming soon   About Dena Mortensen: Dena (Moura) Mortensen is the Elementary Reading and Language Arts Supervisor for Waterbury Public Schools in Connecticut. Over the last 23 years, Dena has served as a classroom teacher, reading teacher, literacy coach, vice principal, and adjunct reading professor. Dena is currently working toward her doctorate at […]