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Drop-In Office Hours: Wednesdays at 4:00pm–4:30pm ET (weekly through August 12)
THE POWER OF PHONEMIC AWARENESS:
Evidence-based Assessment and Instruction
Join Our Summer Cohort!
The courses are self-paced, but we invite you to join our summer cohort to access regular office hours to go deeper with the content.
How much does this cost?
$85 per person
10% discount for groups of 3+
When is the summer cohort?
The summer cohort is self-paced, with weekly office hours in July and August to get your questions answered by the course authors.
How long will the course take?
About 6 hours of asynchronous work + attendance at optional synchronous meetings
Who is this for?
Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st grade teachers -- along with anyone else who wants to learn more about phonemic awareness assessment and instruction!
What do I get?
Download our phonemic awareness diagnostic assessment, lesson planning template, and more!
Receive a 1-hour certificate of completion after each mini-course (6 hours total) and the opportunity to earn a micro-credential from Credentials Unlimited.
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How long do I have access for?
You will have access to the course portal for six months. Download the PDF resources to keep forever!
Learn about phonemic awareness assessment and instruction with our six mini-courses.
Each course includes videos and readings that are digestible and relevant to your instructional needs.
Download our phonemic awareness diagnostic assessment, intervention lesson planning template, and other popular instructional resources!
Receive a 1-hour course completion certificate after each mini-course, and the opportunity to earn a micro-credential after completing the series.
Phonological Awareness vs. Phonemic Awareness
Understand the relationship between phonological and phonemic awareness, plus which to teach! You’ll receive access to a must-read article and our developmental and skill timeline.
Gathering Phonemic Awareness Data
Collect phonemic awareness diagnostic data to target your students’ instructional needs. You’ll receive access to our phonemic awareness diagnostic assessment and quick start guide.
Analyzing Phonemic Awareness Data
Learn how to analyze phonemic awareness diagnostic data to target your students’ instructional needs. You’ll receive access to our phonemic awareness data collection tool.
Getting to Know the Vowel Phonemes
English has 5 vowels that make 19 sounds! Learn about these sounds and how to teach them to your students. You’ll receive access to our teacher-facing Vowel Valley with mouth pictures, our student-facing Vowel Valley with key word pictures, and a must-read article on the vowel phonemes.
Getting to Know the Consonant Phonemes
Learn about the characteristics of consonant phonemes and how to teach these phonemes to your students. You’ll receive access to our teacher-facing Consonant Community with mouth pictures, our student-facing Consonant Community with key word pictures, and a must-read article on the consonant phonemes.
Phonemic Awareness Routines
Learn about evidence-based phonemic awareness routines to help your students master phoneme isolation, blending, and segmentation. You'll also receive our signature Phonemic Awareness Structured Literacy Lesson Plan Template, three student-facing activity templates, and a must-read article on the relationship between phonemic awareness and phonics.
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Receive access to our popular phonemic awareness assessment and lesson planning resources!
Download our popular phonemic awareness intervention decision tree, diagnostic assessment, lesson planning template, Vowel Valley, data collection tool, and more.
Our decision tree offers step by step guidance to help you decide which students may need an additional diagnostic assessment, and the data collection tool will make it easier for you to determine areas of need after assessment.
Our decision tree offers step by step guidance to help you decide which students may need an additional diagnostic assessment, and the data collection tool will make it easier for you to determine areas of need after assessment.
What are teachers saying about our PD?
Learning the WHY
The best thing about this PD is learning the science and the WHY behind everything we were learning.
Having the tools and deliverables to immediately implement and do the work with our students has been so helpful.
I would absolutely recommend The Literacy Architects' PD to a colleague who wanted to grow in their understanding and practice of teaching kids how to read!
Having the tools and deliverables to immediately implement and do the work with our students has been so helpful.
I would absolutely recommend The Literacy Architects' PD to a colleague who wanted to grow in their understanding and practice of teaching kids how to read!
Informative and Relevant!
The content has been so informative and relevant, and the presenters are engaging and knowledgeable.
The facilitators do an amazing job connecting the material to experience, answering questions to clarify information, and creating opportunities for meaningful interactions between participants.
The skills and resources I've acquired through participating in this PD have made an invaluable impact on the reading abilities of children in the classrooms I serve.
The facilitators do an amazing job connecting the material to experience, answering questions to clarify information, and creating opportunities for meaningful interactions between participants.
The skills and resources I've acquired through participating in this PD have made an invaluable impact on the reading abilities of children in the classrooms I serve.
Thanks!
Thanks for giving me a refresher course in PA and giving some great activities that were both reflective and helpful.
Frequently Asked Questions
You will have access to the asynchronous materials for six months, but you are welcome to download the course workbook and PDFs to refer to after your access ends!
This is a set of self-paced courses, and you can go through the lessons as quickly as you'd like. You can also go back to re-watch lessons as needed.
However, to keep up with the cohort, you'll want to aim to finish one course per week, starting the week of July 7. Each course is approximately one hour of work time (including completing course activities such as reading, responding to discussion board prompts).
After completing each course (all lessons, including any discussion posts and assignments), you will be able to download a 1-hour certificate of completion. (Total of six 1-hour certificates for this bundle!)
Since every state and district has different requirements for PD credit, this certificate does NOT guarantee that you will be granted credit by your district or state.
We are a TEA-approved CPE provider for Texas. After completing all six courses, you will also have the opportunity to receive a micro-credential from Credentials Unlimited.
Since every state and district has different requirements for PD credit, this certificate does NOT guarantee that you will be granted credit by your district or state.
We are a TEA-approved CPE provider for Texas. After completing all six courses, you will also have the opportunity to receive a micro-credential from Credentials Unlimited.
Due to the digital nature of this product, we are unable to offer any refunds. By making a purchase, you understand that no refunds will be made.
The course includes access to materials such as a course workbook, links to outside resources (e.g., journal articles, blog posts), and additional resources such as Google documents and PDFs. Once you download/access these materials, you may keep them for as long as you'd like, even after your course access expires.
Yes! Please contact us for information at [email protected].
Yes, we have special pricing for schools, districts, and groups of more than three teachers. Please contact us for more information at [email protected].
Start your summer learning today!
Tools and strategies you can start using tomorrow.
Your purchase includes access to our six phonemic awareness mini-courses for six months + an opportunity to earn a micro-credential.
$85
Normally $145
All the information you need to develop your students' phonemic awareness.
- Six PD hours
- Micro-credential opportunity
- Short lessons perfect for summer learning
- Downloadable resources to last all year
- Weekly office hours w/ our reading specialists
