What's New

Mark Weakland Literacy YouTube Channel
My business video channel for teachers (bit.ly/MWLitYouTube) is stocked with one and two minute literacy videos that clearly demonstrate teaching techniques, multi-sensory learning routines, phonemic awareness activities, and more. At the site you'll also find a sound-letter song, a kindergarten engagement activity, and an idea for an inexpensive "take-home bag" that a district can use to help primary grade children more easily learn during remote teaching times. I hope to have Kid Writing lessons and other activities up for kids (as an aid to teachers this fall), so check in now and again to see what's new. 
http://bit.ly/MWLitYouTube

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Inspire!
​My small but mighty Inspire! books (published by Hameray) are now available. Consisting of 22 pairs of informational chapter books, the  Inspire! series is perfect for readers in grades 2-3. Each pair is a biography and a nonfiction text related to a theme important to the historical figure. The pics show my two pairings: a Bruce Lee bio paired with Martial Arts and a bio of Maya Lin paired with Architectural Shapes.   www.hameraypublishing.com/collections/inspire​​

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

Many in America are working to overcoming two terrible scourges - the coronavirus, newly on the scene, and systemic racism, older than the founding of my country. In these challenging times, and as always, my thoughts are with teachers, parents, and children. My wish is we all keep the faith, work for the change we want to see, and be as kind and helpful to one another as possible.

July
   Bureau of Education and Research                  7/14 -16
            Zoom dyslexia seminar: helping striving readers-writers
Central 7/14, Pacific, 7/15, East Coast 7/16
 
August
   Preventing Reading Difficulties                          8/15
            The Science and Art of Preventing Reading Difficulties
            Wrapping up the chapters of my upcoming book!

September   
   Divine Mercy Elementary   Johnstown, PA         9/15
          Literacy training for ACE teachers

October   
   Divine Mercy Elementary   Johnstown, PA      10/13-16
          Model lessons and classroom consulting

   Bureau of Education and Research                  10/26 -29
            Zoom dyslexia seminar: helping striving readers-writers
            East Coast, Central, Mountain, Pacific

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.