Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) Second Edition: Modules 1, 2, and 3
| Audience: | | Campus/District Administrators, Educators, PK-6, Literacy Coaches, Reading Specialists, Special Education Teachers |
Module 1 The Challenge of Learning to Read - Explores the reasons why many students have reading difficulties and explains how children learn to read.
Module 2 The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness - Introduces phonemes (speech sounds) and discusses the importance of phonological awareness in reading and spelling instruction.
Module 3 Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works - Explores the structure and history of English spelling from several angles: phoneme-grapheme correspondences, letter patterns within words, syllables, meaningful word parts (morphemes), and historical layers in the orthography. After learning this content, teachers can approach phonics, spelling, and word study with confidence.
Participants will receive one publication per module.
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