What's New

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Books in the works!
​Winter is a time for writing and I’m happy to be working on books in all stages of development. Black Rabbit Books is polishing my six book set for reluctant readers titled Sports Records. Meanwhile, I've just finished a fun science book for Capstone Press on Wi-Fi: what it is, why it works, and how it came to be. Finally, I’m always creating speculative projects, including a teacher resource book about reading difficulties, a middle grade novel titled Garbage Boy, and a knowledge-based, earth science-infused literacy program for primary students.
Dyslexia Seminars Across the Country
​Throughout this winter and into next spring, I’m on the road for the Bureau of Educational Research, presenting a national seminar on dyslexia. The seminar focuses on what dyslexia is, what it isn’t, and how teachers can support striving readers in their general education K-6 classrooms as well as prevent reading difficulties from happening in the first place. The seminar is sea to shining sea (and beyond), from Portland, Maine to Honolulu, Hawaii. Meeting so many wonderful teachers in so many great states is the best part of all!

Upcoming Events
Coaching, presentations, trainings, author visits and more!

​March
   CG Johnson Elementary   DuBois, PA                3/2
          Author visit and assemblies

   Divine Mercy Elementary   Johnstown, PA         3/3-6
          Piloting Reading Nature, a 21st-century 1st grade literacy curriculum 

   Divine Mercy Elementary   Johnstown, PA        3/9-13
          Piloting Reading Nature, a 21st-century 1st grade literacy curriculum 
  
​​    St. Stephen's School            Harrisburg PA         3/18
          Kid Writing and Writers' Workshop model lessons

​​    Education Services Region 20  San Antonio,  TX  3/26
          Super Spellers Workshop: spelling is for reading!

April
   Massachusetts Reading Assoc. Conf.                4/2-3
          The reading process, reading difficulties, and dyslexia

   Bureau of Education and Research                    4/20-24
                 Detroit,  Chicago, Rockford, and beyond
          Dyslexia seminar: Tier I for students who have or may have dyslexia   

   Somerset County Literary Assoc. Somerset, PA   4/30
          Writer's Workshop Model Lessons

May
   Bureau of Education and Research                     5/4-8
                 White Plains, Providence, Boston, PGH
          Dyslexia seminar: Tier I for students who have or may have dyslexia
   
Mark Weakland is an author, teacher, national presenter and speaker, and literacy coach and consultant. Keeping his feet firmly in the classroom by regularly teaching in schools, Mark works with teachers, administrators, and parents to make literacy programs and instruction more engaging and successful.  He also loves to explore and make connections between the the arts, nature, science, and education.