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This practical three-day course equips teachers with skills and resources to use evidence-based practices to teach students to read.What is this course about?
Teaching Reading in the Early Years is a 3-day course that takes teachers through the journey of understanding how we learn to read, planning for systematic instruction, implementing explicit lessons and daily reviews, and how to read decodables readers (and when!) with early readers. Learning how to assess target skills and plan instruction based on comprehensive data analysis is also a key feature of this course!
Day 1:
How students learn to read
How to structure your literacy block
How to understand an explicit phonics scope and sequence and key terminology
Day 2:
How to plan instruction using explicit models for various points in the phonic code
How to implement Daily Reviews (and Why!)
How to get students practising word reading using a range of engaging and purpose-driven activities
Day 3:
How to run an explicit phonics lesson
What to assess, how and when?
How to identify student learning needs, grouping and planning for extra support
How to read decodables with students – for what purpose and when!
Why should I do this course?
If you are looking for explicit models of planning, instruction and assessment as well as lots of practical tips for engaging ways to get students practising core reading skills in the early years, this course is for you!
Who should do this course?
Early career teachers looking for a systematic and explicit approach to teaching reading.
Classroom teachers looking for ideas on how to refine reading instruction, introduce evidence-based practices, and differentiate effectively.
Leaders looking for models and resources that they can implement across their school consistent with the new NSW English K-2 Syllabus.
What will I get from this course?
Completed phonics planning models
Phonics Planning templates
Instructional models for teaching phonics explicitly in K-1
A treasure trove of practise activities and games to support developing phonic decoding and reading skills
Routines to support reading decodables with students
Sample word reading assessments
DATE AND TIME
Day 1: Thursday, 9th of May 2024, 9:00am to 3:30pm
Day 2: Thursday, 16th of May 2024, 9:00am to 3:30pm
Day 3: Thursday, 23rd of May 2024, 9:00am to 3:30pm
LOCATION
SPELD NSW, Level 1, 52 O'Connell Street, Parramatta
PRICE
Non-Members: $750
SPELD NSW Members: $680
**SPELD NSW Member Early Bird Pricing (available until Tuesday December 19th 2023. All Early Bird Pricing is to be paid by the 19th of December 2023): $645**
SPELD NSW Tutor and Professional Members: $610
REGISTER ONLINE
https://www.speldnsw.org.au/services/professional-learning/teaching-reading-in-the-early-years/
Pls see link above for NESA information.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Speld NSW, 52 O'Connell St, Parramatta NSW 2150, Australia,Sydney, Australia, Parramatta
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