Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Participant Workbook

    • Continuing Education Information

    • Pre-quiz
  • 2

    What is the Science of Reading?

    • Science of Reading Terms

    • Self-assessment
  • 3

    The History of Evidence-based Reading Instruction

    • The History of Reading Instruction

    • Watch and Reflect

    • National Reading Panel Report

    • Workbook Activity: National Reading Panel

    • Balanced Literacy

    • Read and Reflect

    • Prevalent Literacy Practices

    • The Current Landscape
  • 4

    The Science of Reading

    • Defining the Science of Reading

    • Workbook Activity: The Defining Movement

    • Scientifically Based Research
  • 5

    Simple View and the Four Quadrant Model

    • Simple View of Reading

    • Reading Simulation

    • Reading Simulation Review

    • Language Comprehension

    • Simple View of Reading Passage Simulation

    • Four Quadrant Model + Workbook Activity
  • 6

    Scarborough's Reading Rope

    • Intro to Scarborough's Reading Rope

    • Building Scarborough's Rope
  • 7

    Four Part Processing Model for Word Recognition

    • Overview of the Four Part Processing Model

    • Four Part Processing Model - Example

    • Dr. Stanislas Dehaene, Cognitive Neuroscientist

    • Processors at Work + Workbook Activity

    • Four Part Processor Scenario Answers

    • Activity Brainstorm
  • 8

    Orthographic Mapping and Ehri's Phases

    • I Love Lucy English Pronunciation

    • Orthographic Mapping

    • English Spelling System - Articles and Resource

    • Introduction to Ehri's Phases

    • Ehri's Phases

    • Ehri's Phases - Student Scenarios + Workbook Activity
  • 9

    Reading and the Brain: Reflection

    • Watch and Reflect: Rewiring the Brain

    • Reflection on Instructional Theories

    • Workbook Activity: Elevator Pitch
  • 10

    Ten Instructional Shifts

    • Shift 1: Focus on phonemic awareness

    • Check for Understanding

    • Shift 1: Demonstration

    • Shift 2: Include letters in phonemic awareness instruction

    • Shift 2: Demonstration

    • Shift 3: Use a synthetic phonics approach

    • Shift 3: Demonstration

    • Shift 4: Emphasize accuracy over speed

    • Shift 4: Examples

    • Check for Understanding

    • Shift 5: Support students with a sound wall

    • Shift 5: Examples

    • Shift 6: Use decodable texts with beginning readers

    • Shift 7: Teach comprehension by building knowledge through high-quality texts and text sets

    • Shift 7: Example

    • Check for Understanding

    • Shift 8: Use complex texts for small group instruction

    • Shift: Example

    • Shift 9: Use phonics knowledge to read the regular parts of words

    • Shift 9: Demonstration 1

    • Shift 9: Demonstration 2

    • Check for Understanding

    • Shift 10: Use various assessments to efficiently pinpoint student needs

    • Shift 10: Examples

    • Check for Understanding

    • Structured Literacy

    • Workbook: Curriculum Evaluation

    • Reflection on Instructional Shifts
  • 11

    Addressing Student Needs with Structured Literacy

    • Ladder of Reading

    • Watch and Reflect

    • Dyslexia

    • Dyslexia Quiz

    • Workbook : English Language Learners

  • 12

    Closing

    • Elevator Pitch

    • Instructor's Elevator Pitch

    • Final Tasks

    • Culminating Task

    • Culminating Task - Response

    • Post Quiz

    • Reference List