The Science of Reading

Transform Literacy Instruction

Our professional learning is built on the foundation of The Science of Reading. Recent research and major scientific advancements into literacy acquisition have uncovered a large disconnect between how we are teaching children to read and how children actually learn to read. Only 70% of students leave school with the literacy skills to reach their full potential. We can change this by understanding and teaching the fundamental skills – decoding and language comprehension – that children must acquire to become fluent and efficient readers and the strategies that are most effective in teaching these skills.

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This professional learning will:

expand a teachers’ understanding of foundational literacy development based on the Simple View of Reading;
provide them a deeper understanding of the sub-domains of decoding and language skills essential in literacy development;
extend their repertoire of high-yield teaching strategies based on an Active Teaching model;
coach them on how to apply the core strategies of proactive classroom management; and
improve their understanding of how teachers can use literacy data to inform instruction and monitor students’ progress.

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Outcome: Educators will learn about the science of reading and how to transform their classroom practice to improve literacy acquisition.

Module 1. The Simple View of Reading Learn about the science of literacy and its impact on students’ progress in learning to read.
Module 2. High-Yield Teaching Strategies Find out how to deliver an active teaching lesson and five high yield teaching strategies.
Module 3. How to Teach Coding Skills Understand the domains of decoding skills and how they are critical for learning to read.
Module 4. How to Teach Language Comprehension Skills Learn about the role of language skills in reading acquisition and comprehension. Learn how to apply this knowledge in the classroom.
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What Our Clients Say

``The Science of Reading addresses a simple concept around reading, but wow did it make me take a step back and assess what I am doing well and what I need to work on. I really liked how practical the videos in Module 4 and 5 were. They gave excellent, straightforward teaching ideas. I totally walked away with set goals of where I want to improve and practical classroom activities to work with. Thanks so much!``
Kylie Balas
Principal, Prairie Spirit School Division, SK
“Really found the part(s) on decoding helpful and well done. I also found the Structured Literacy interesting and the related readings were great. Lots of new ideas to think about in relation to my context as grade 7-12 literacy coach.”
Lisa Mueller,
Literacy Coach, Medicine Hat Public School Division, Alberta
``This course was well researched and put together. As a Speech Language Pathologist, many of my students are delayed in the areas of phonological awareness and early literacy skills. They also have delays in oral language, receptive and expressive language. I love how this was teacher focused and modeled strategies on how to implement ideas in the classroom. With this program, I feel it will assist in reducing my caseload size if teachers implement the strategies in this workshop. Thank you very much for the support!``
Bobbi-Lyn Kirton,
Speech Language Pathologist, Athabasca Denesuline Education Authority, Saskatchewan