Closing The Opportunity Gap in America

The Literacy How Approach

In this kick-off webinar, you’ll learn about:

• the researched, proven Literacy How framework that addresses and integrates the core elements of literacy – phonemic awareness, phonics, syntax, vocabulary, and comprehension
• how school administrators and teachers are successfully bringing this approach to schools throughout their districts
• how these strategies are effective for helping emerging and struggling readers whatever their age
• how this framework, these practices, and activities work within the context of your existing literacy and core reading programs.

Phonemic Awareness & Phonics

In this detailed webinar, you’ll learn:

• The importance of explicit, systematic instruction in Phonemic Awareness (PA) and Phonics
• An in-depth look at Literacy How favorite activities for PA and Phonics
• The role of text—code-emphasis and authentic—in the early stages of learning to read.

To purchase Literacy How’s Professional Learning series book Phonemic Awareness & Phonics, please visit Amazon.com

COMPREHENSION

In this issue-focused webinar, you’ll learn about:

• The five big ideas underpinning reading comprehension instruction
• An in-depth look at favorite Literacy How activities for two of the big ideas
• The importance of text analysis to focus on the language processing demands of text.

To purchase Literacy How’s Professional Learning series book Comprehension: Knowledge to Practice, please visit Amazon.com.

SYNTAX

This free webinar focuses on:

• The role that syntax plays in reading fluency and comprehension
• An in-depth look at favorite Literacy How activities for teaching sentence building and meaning links
• The importance of making a match between what the students know & what the text offers to support syntactic awareness.

To purchase Literacy How’s Professional Learning series book Syntax: Knowledge to Practice, please visit Amazon.com.

Vocabulary

This free webinar focuses on:

• The importance of word selection for improving students’ vocabulary knowledge
• An in-depth look at favorite Literacy How activities for semantic and morphological classification
• The use of the word selection grid as a tool for analyzing the text.

To purchase Literacy How’s Professional Learning series book Vocabulary: Knowledge to Practice, please visit Amazon.com.