Summary - Reading Foundations for Emergent and Early Readers P26.4436. Online registration by Cvent

Do you ever wonder what you can do to help young students gain a better foundation in reading? This online course is designed for teachers in grades PreK-2 who want to build a solid foundation in reading for each of their students from the very beginning. Information on the building blocks of reading is shared together with specific strategies for incorporating these foundational skills into everyday practice. The course begins with building a solid understanding of such concepts as phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. Teachers will then strengthen their toolbox of strategies for teaching spelling, word families, decoding, sight words, vocabulary, and fluency. Teachers will also learn assessment strategies such as story retelling and asking students to answer questions using textual evidence. Teachers will learn how to help their students choose “just right” books for their individual reading levels while balancing the types of text they read. To help in this regard, teachers will gain strategies for teaching students the features of nonfiction text. Finally, strategies for making the most of classroom read-alouds will be shared. By the end of this course, teachers will more fully understand how to best help their students master the foundations of reading, and will have gained valuable classroom ideas to incorporate into their everyday teaching.

Grade Level: PreK-2

Instructional Media

Interactive Communication: Online discussions, engagement, and collaboration among participants.
Instructor Support: Feedback and interaction from the instructor.
Instructional Materials: Access to online resources, supplemental materials, and printable classroom tools.

Methods of Evaluation: tests, personal goal-setting, reflections on articles/videos, class collaboration, a cumulative project, and a final practicum.

Review the course syllabus for expected learning outcomes and detailed methods of evaluation for this course.

Register any time for this self-paced Professional Development Institute (PDI) course that is designed to fit your schedule.
All coursework must be completed within 9 months of your registration date. While you may finish at your own pace, please allow at least 30 days from registration for your grade to be posted.
Extensions and re-enrollments are not allowed.
You may contact ASDN to drop this course at any time and it will be removed from your record.
A maximum refund of $125.00 is available if you drop the course within one week of your registration date. No refunds will be issued after this one-week period.