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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – More than a hundred Arizona teachers are receiving training this summer through a statewide road show focused on reading instruction.<\/p>\n

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State data shows more than half of Arizona\u2019s third-graders cannot read at grade level.<\/p>\n

The Arizona Department of Education\u2019s Literacy Road Show aims to help teachers strengthen literacy strategies.<\/p>\n

Teachers train in the science of reading<\/b><\/h3>\n

At the road show\u2019s Tucson stop, 150 teachers attended training at the University of Arizona\u2019s College of Education. The stop was the road show\u2019s second (it was in Flagstaff last week), and it sold out.<\/p>\n

Teachers paid $20 to attend. Experts worked with them on ways to improve their lessons.<\/p>\n

Dwight Omar Valencia, a teacher at Challenger Elementary School in Nogales, said teaching reading has become more complicated as students come to class with different needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the classroom, and you have those 25 faces looking at you, and you have those 25 challenges, it is a different ballgame,\u201d Valencia said.<\/p>\n

Reading strategies change<\/b><\/h3>\n

Experts have developed the Science of Reading over the last few decades as an evidence-based way to teach literacy. The research concludes 95% of students should learn to read this way, but in Arizona, only 40% are reading at grade level.<\/p>\n

Amy DeWitt, Board President of The Reading League, said many students are struggling because schools have not been using that science. She said better learning materials are one solution, but preparing teachers is more important.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter what the curriculum is, a good teacher can use it appropriately and can really make a difference for their students,\u201d DeWitt said.<\/p>\n

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Valencia said the training showed him that some strategies teachers learned are outdated.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was eye-opening to learn that a lot of things we\u2019ve learned are outdated, and we are still continuing to implement them in the school,\u201d Valencia said.<\/p>\n

Karolyn Corey, a K-5 Literacy and Dyslexia Specialist with the Arizona Department of Education, said the training is meant to help teachers identify what they can change in their literacy routines.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor teachers to have really those aha moments of what can I do, what can I pivot away from, or what can I take in and add to my routines in literacy to really make those differences,\u201d Corey said.<\/p>\n

The road show will be in Phoenix on Thursday for another sold-out day of training.<\/p>\n

Isabela Lisco<\/b><\/u><\/i> is a <\/i>Report for America<\/b><\/u><\/i> corpsmember covering education solutions for 13 News. Her position is made possible through funding from Report for America and the <\/i>Arizona Local News Foundation\u2019s<\/b><\/u><\/i> Arizona Community Collaborative Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n

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