Phonemic Awareness
Description
Developed by renowned reading specialist Dr. Louisa Moats in collaboration with Sopris West Educational Services, this two-day seminar is designed specifically to support teachers as they implement the scientifically research based instruction in Houghton Mifflin Reading, which aligns with the Reading First Initiative and No Child Left Behind legislation. The format of instruction in LETRS allows for deep learning and reflection beyond the brief “once over” treatment this topic is typically given. This intense seminar moves beyond in-service and is more like a college course. It is designed to teach educators about the language structures being taught, how students learn best, and how to overcome the challenges to the process of learning to read.
Objectives
During this two-day seminar, educators will:
- Learn the relationship between phonemic awareness and phonics
- Define, identify, and segment important linguistic units
- Practice the pronunciation of phonemes
- Achieve accuracy with matching, producing, counting, blending, segmenting, and manipulating phonemes in one-syllable words
- Recognize the phonological influences on inventive spelling
- Explore the daily phonemic awareness instruction in Houghton Mifflin Reading
- Participate in practice activities for teaching the program.