Day 1 – Introduction to Structured Literacy

This workshop will include:

●  What is a Structured Literacy approach?

●  The importance of Science of Reading (SOR) and Science of Learning (SOL)

●  The importance of phonemic awareness

●  How to use a scope and sequence

●  What are decodable books?

●  Elements of a lesson

●  Assessment, data collection and reporting

●  Orthographic Mapping.

Day 2 – Spelling -Teaching the Patterns and Generalisations of the English Language in a Structured Literacy Way

At this workshop you will:

●  gain knowledge about the patterns and generalisations of the English language

●  observe explicit instruction in action

●  be provided with the resources, practical learning experiences and knowledge to be able to teach these spelling patterns in a structured literacy way

●  have an opportunity to practice your new skills

Day 3 – Fluency, Language Comprehension and Morphology

This workshop will build your understanding of teaching fluency and morphology, supported by practical exercises and an exploration into the Language Comprehension strands of Scarborough’s Rope.

●  Fluency: what is it, how to teach it, how to assess it and some practical ways to integrate it into your classroom.

●  Morphology: what is it, why teach it, key terminology and some practical exercises to teach morphology in Years 0-3.

●  Language Comprehension: review of our two guiding models – Simple View of reading and Scarborough’s Rope and explore the Language Comprehension Strands (background knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning and literary knowledge).

●  Gain practical activities you can immediately use in your education setting that covers the decoding and language comprehension side of the rope.

Writing – 8 webinars – after school – 60 minutes (Please note these will be online)

Session 1 – Intro to writing and transcription skills

Session 2 – Building Blocks of sentences: word level.

Session 3 – Building Blocks of sentences: phrases,clauses, sentence types

Session 4 – Introduction to our Writing Resources and sentence level activities

Session 5 -8

Monitoring and support – An opportunity to allow teachers and leaders to ask questions, and support for implementation. Data collection support.