Teaching Foundational Skills and Fluency Through Shared Reading
Make learning about phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and word-solving fun through the use of shared reading in grades PreK-2.
In this 2-day workshop, learn how to use shared reading to explicitly and systematically teach for fluency and phonics, spelling, and word-solving skills in whole-group and small-group settings.
- Classroom Teachers PreK-2
- Literacy Collaborative Affiliation Discount available
Shared reading makes learning about phonemic awareness, phonics, word-solving and fluency a joy-filled part of the school day. Learn how to engage all children in successful daily reading of delightful stories, poems, songs and nonfiction texts to explicitly and systematically teach foundational skills to your students.
Topics will include:
- A foundational skills scope and sequence for shared reading, grades K-3
- The structure of shared reading across multiple days
- Selecting and analyzing age appropriate, grade-appropriate texts for shared reading
- Phonemic awareness in shared reading
- Supporting phonics skills during the shared reading lesson
- Expanding vocabulary during shared reading
- Fluency instruction during shared reading
- Developing early literacy concepts for emergent readers
- A variety of ways for children to reread texts
You will earn 10 clock hours in this training.
Gen Arcovio, Literacy Trainer
Gen worked as a literacy specialist and teacher in public schools for many years before joining the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative as a Literacy Trainer. She has experience as a Reading Recovery teacher, classroom teacher, interventionist, and literacy coach. Over the years, she has worked with many students, educators, and administrators in the area of literacy acquisition and learning.
Cancellation Deadline & Refund Policies
You have until one week before the first day of this offering to cancel your registration. The cancellation deadline is Thursday, April 3, 2025 and you will be charged a $50 processing fee. Email CRRLC@lesley.edu if you have a cancellation or substitution request. Regardless of weather conditions, if the event is held but you cannot attend, you will be billed for the full amount.
Registration Deadline
The registration deadline is 5pm on April 9, 2025.
Requirements for Participation
After the training, you will receive a certificate of attendance for your participation. To receive a complete certificate, participation during the specified times is required. Additional work may be assigned to meet the professional development hours.
In-Person at Lesley University or Virtual Attendance
You may choose to attend this training in-person at Lesley University or virtually in real time. Should any of the conditions change and it is determined the training will be offered virtually only, you will be notified as soon as possible. We recommend that you contact us before reserving travel and lodging.
If you choose to attend in-person, the training room will have Lesley University’s HyFlex Classroom Technology to support an engaging learning environment for in-person and virtual participants. If you have questions about in-person or virtual attendance, please email us at CRRLC@lesley.edu.
In-person participants are required to follow the Lesley safety protocols.
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