- 90-minute information session for teachers and school-based professionals
- Gain insight into the alphabetic code and evidence-based instruction in automatic word reading
- Delivered by specialists in reading instruction, with content development led by Dr Jennifer Buckingham
- Offered as a public online event or via school-based bookings, depending on availability
- Community education initiative of MultiLit
To gain meaning from print, students need accurate and fluent word recognition combined with good language comprehension. Systematic synthetic phonics, as part of a comprehensive program of instruction that contains all five ‘keys’ to reading, is the most efficient way to teach all children skilled word recognition. This seminar does a ‘deep dive’ into effective instruction in decoding and automaticity.
Who should attend
This seminar is suitable for F-6 classroom and specialist teachers, school executive, and support staff as it examines the development of students from beginning to skilled readers.
What the seminar covers
This information session is designed to give teachers and other school-based professionals practical information and advice regarding effective reading instruction in word recognition that will help all children learn to read.
The session examines:
- The research basis for systematic synthetic phonics
- Approaches to phonics – not all phonics instruction is equally effective
- Key concepts of the alphabetic principle
- Orthographic mapping
- Instructional strategies to maximise learning
- Characteristics of high quality systematic synthetic phonics programs
Delivery mode
Delivered in a 90-minute online format, this seminar is ideal for educators who would like to learn more about the alphabetic code and how to deliver instruction using evidence-based methods for beginning and low progress readers.
REGISTER FOR Seminar 2
Monday 28 October 2024
3.30pm-5.00pm AEDT