Research-Based Strategies for Literacy education This workshop is designed for classroom teachers in grades K-8 as well as specialists in the areas of gifted education, special education EBD, and special education LD. Dr. Johnson will demonstrate a wide variety of research-based strategies that can be used in an inclusive classroom setting to enhance all students’ ability to read and write. The workshop can also be adapted for content area teachers in grades 7 through 12 Research-Based Literacy Strategies This workshop can be designed to include strategies related to any of the following areas: • reading fluency • decoding or word recognition strategies • comprehension skills for expository text • comprehension skills for narrative text • literature-based instruction • personal connections with literacy • inclusive classroom strategies for students with LD and EBD • inclusive classroom strategies for students who are highly creative and intellectually gifted • writing workshop, technical writing, and the process approach to writing • reading and writing across the curriculum • effective basal instruction • thinking skills and literacy • vocabulary and spelling • grammar, punctuation, editing, and peer editing • literacy and the arts: creative dramatics, poetry, and creative writing • action research in literacy education • authentic assessment • oral communication and listening skills • literacy and multiple forms of intelligence • Internet literacy