2019 Teacher Training - Part 2

Continue learning about the English language with topics like schwa, spelling analysis, morphology, reading comprehension, and more!

Vowels, Syllables, and New Rules

Single-letter vowels, multi-letter vowels, closed vowels, open vowels, and r-controlled vowels are the key to understanding syllables.

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Spelling Analysis: Multisyllabic Words

Learn how to apply spelling analysis to multisyllabic words.

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Practice Teaching Spelling Analysis

Schwa: The Lazy Vowel and Say-to-Spell

Schwa is the most common sound in English, and it often causes confusion to new readers. Learn how the "say-to-spell" method in spelling analysis can help students deal with schwa.

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Practice Teaching Say-to-Spell

Spelling Analysis: Multisyllabic Words with Schwa

More practice with spelling analysis this time with multisyllabic words and the schwa sound.

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Practice Teaching Spelling Analysis

Vocabulary

Identifying the morphemes within prefixes, suffixes, and roots of words helps students decode, spell, and understand the meaning of new words.

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Foundations Practice Teaching Activity

Essentials Practice Teaching Activity

Word Challenge 2

Apply Latin roots to discover the spelling of these commonly misspelled words.

Unit 3 Review

Review the phonograms, vowel types, schwa, and morphemes.

Foundations Practice Teaching Activity

Essentials Practice Teaching Activity

Common Q+A or LOE Live Unit 3

More questions from the teachers on how to adapt LOE for different schools and different students.

Optional Leadership Implementation Questions

Reading Comprehension

According to the simple view of reading, reading comprehension is based on decoding skills and oral language comprehension. Learn how controlled decodable readers and reading to students play a role in developing comprehension skills.

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Foundations Exploring Reading Comprehension Activity

Essentials Exploring Reading Comprehension Activity

Assessments and Mastery

Learn how Logic of English uses assessments in its curricula.

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Foundations Activity

Essentials Activity

Composition

Written composition activities integrated in Foundations and the Essentials Reader begin with words and phrases moving toward sentences and paragraphs as students build fluency.

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Grammar

Grammar instruction must be linked to writing instruction in order to make it meaningful for students. See how Logic of English integrates grammar into the reading and writing curricula.

Foundations Activity

Essentials Activity

High-Frequency Words

Take a look at the most common words in English. Once you apply the spelling rules and phonograms taught in this course, how many are actually exceptions?

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Sight Words Activity

Logic of English Readers

How do other early readers stack up? Can students decode these books with the rules they have been taught?

Reader Evaluation Activity

Literacy Statistics

There is a literacy crisis in America. What can we, as teachers, do?

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State Data Activity

Course Wrap-Up

Finally, learn how teachers can take all that they have learned back to the classroom.

Final Reflection

Optional Leadership Questions

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