6-Step Lesson Plan for Decoding, Spelling, and Fluency
Description:
In this Knowledge Block, participants will learn how to plan and implement engaging, evidence-aligned, 6-Step lessons to teach the phonemic and phonic skills necessary for efficient decoding, spelling, and fluency. You will receive a collection of practical resources and ideas for using the TRL 6-Step approach in face-to-face and virtual instruction.
Who should take this Knowledge Block:
- K-5 educators and administrators
- Secondary educators who work with long-term developing readers
- Note: We strongly recommend taking both the Phonological Awareness and Phonic Knowledge, Knowledge Blocks prior to this 6-Step plan, but it is not required.
What you will learn:
- The key features of effective instruction for word recognition
- How to use data from phonological awareness and phonic knowledge diagnostic assessments to inform instruction
- An evidence-aligned 6-Step structure to teach phonemic and phonics skills
Materials provided:
- 6-Step Lesson Plan blank template
- Sample 6-Step Lesson Plan
- 6-Step Lesson Plan Guidance Document
- Directions for how to make a soundboard and grapheme cards
- Suggested Keywords document for sound-symbol correspondences
- Printable grapheme cards for a soundboard
- Link to TRL Decodable Text Sources (series that are available for purchase)
- Virtual Soundboard
- Virtual Manipulatives
- PDF of all slides in handout form
Certifications:
- Certificate of Completion
6-Step Lesson Plan for Decoding, Spelling, and Fluency
$200.00
Participants will learn how to plan and implement engaging, evidence-aligned, 6-Step lessons to teach the phonemic and phonic skills necessary for efficient decoding, spelling, and fluency.
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