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LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) 3rd Edition - Volume 1Details

October 08, 2024


8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning
Unit 1 content includes: The Challenge of Learning to Read • Why reading is difficult • The connection between language and literacy • What the brain does when a person is reading • The skills that support proficient reading • How children learn to read and spell • Major types of reading difficulties • How to use assessment for prevention and early intervention • Using assessment to differentiate instruction.  *Structured Literacy requirements of PA Act 55 will be met if participants complete BOTH Volume 1 and Volume 2 of LETRS, a two year course of study.  

Instructor: Erin Eighmy, Megan Howard
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10/08/2024 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit (IU5)
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January 15, 2025


8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling

LETRS Volume 1 Unit 3 will focus on:

  • The role of the strands of the Reading Rope in word recognition
  • The role of phonics in reading instruction
  • Compare code-emphasis instruction with meaning-emphasis instruction
  • Explore phoneme-grapheme correspondence system of English
  • Classify phonics elements
  • Understand some basic patterns of position-based spelling in English
  • Instruction sequence: letter names and letter formation; key word for sound-symbol associations; teach correspondences explicitly; use sound-blending routines
  • Word practice and word meaning routines
  • How to teach spelling using dictation
  • Decodable text and when it is important to use
  • Using data to further student success

Instructor: Erin Eighmy, Megan Howard
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01/15/2025 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit (IU5)
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March 13, 2025


8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition

LETRS Volume 1 Unit 4 will focus on:

  • Advanced word study
  • Position-based spelling correspondences and other orthographic conventions
  • Phoneme-grapheme mapping
  • The six syllable types and how they should be taught
  • Distinguish syllables from morphemes
  • Suffix rules
  • Spelling screeners and how to interpret the results
  • Best practices for teaching spelling
  • Relationship between reading fluency and reading comprehension
  • Building word, sentence, and passage reading fluency
  • Interpret phonological, phonics, spelling, and fluency data
  • Aligning practices with scientific evidence

Instructor: Erin Eighmy, Megan Howard
DateTimeLocation
03/13/2025 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit (IU5)
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