Students’ spelling errors demonstrate what they know and need to know about sounds and letter patterns to develop accurate spelling. By addressing specific needs, students improve their accuracy and learn how to spell for a lifetime. In Scientific Spelling, participants learn how to analyze spelling errors and plan instruction to target students’ specific needs. Instruction […]

Students’ spelling errors demonstrate what they know and need to know about sounds and letter patterns to develop accurate spelling. By addressing specific needs, students improve their accuracy and learn how to spell for a lifetime. In Scientific Spelling, participants learn how to analyze spelling errors and plan instruction to target students’ specific needs. Instruction […]

Oral language is the foundation of comprehension. In the early grades, comprehension is best developed through listening. In Oral Language & Listening Comprehension, participants learn: 1) the importance of oral language and listening comprehension to skilled reading comprehension; 2) activities that develop oral language and comprehension; 3) assessment of student’s oral language through naming and […]

Oral language is the foundation of comprehension. In the early grades, comprehension is best developed through listening. In Oral Language & Listening Comprehension, participants learn: 1) the importance of oral language and listening comprehension to skilled reading comprehension; 2) activities that develop oral language and comprehension; 3) assessment of student’s oral language through naming and […]

Students often struggle with written composition because they are unsure about how to formulate ideas and translate them onto paper. Knowledge of the structures of different paragraphs aids students in formulating and translating ideas.In Written Composition Fundamentals, participants learn: 1) how to teach the structures of descriptive, narrative, process, compare and contrast, and persuasive paragraphs;2) how […]

In Reading Readiness, participants learn: 1) the foundational skills that are necessary to become fluent readers and accurate spellers; 2) hands-on, multisensory activities to teach and reinforce these skills; 3) strategies for building instant recognition of words with reliable and unexpected pronunciations; and 4) the importance of explicit and systematic handwriting instruction to spelling and writing.

In Reading Readiness, participants learn: 1) the foundational skills that are necessary to become fluent readers and accurate spellers; 2) hands-on, multisensory activities to teach and reinforce these skills; 3) strategies for building instant recognition of words with reliable and unexpected pronunciations; and 4) the importance of explicit and systematic handwriting instruction to spelling and writing.

In Reading Readiness, participants learn: 1) the foundational skills that are necessary to become fluent readers and accurate spellers; 2) hands-on, multisensory activities to teach and reinforce these skills; 3) strategies […]