Go Behind the Scenes of Our Phonemic Awareness Courses! 🧠✨
The Literacy Architects
We break down complex literacy routines into step-by-step plans and deliver PD to support you along the way.
At The Literacy Architects, we believe in empowering educators with the tools and knowledge they need to transform student outcomes. That’s why we’re excited to give you a behind-the-scenes look at our self-paced mini-courses on phonemic awareness, designed to align with the latest research and best practices in literacy instruction. These mini-courses will take you about an hour to complete and are filled with a mix of downloadable resources, readings, and lesson demo videos. The best part? You can access these mini-courses for only $14 a month!
Our Phonemic Awareness Courses at a Glance:
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
✅ Explain the relationship between phonological and phonemic awareness.
✅ Articulate the key principles of phonemic awareness instruction, according to current research.
✅ Segment words into phonemes.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
✅ Articulate the need for a phonemic awareness diagnostic survey.
✅ Administer a phonemic awareness diagnostic survey to your students.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
✅ Analyze data from a phonemic awareness diagnostic assessment.
✅ Use assessment data to determine students' instructional needs.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
✅ Articulate the vowel phonemes of the English language.
✅ Describe the unique characteristics of vowel phonemes.
✅ Correct errors students make when isolating, blending, or segmenting the vowel phonemes.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
✅ Describe the characteristics that make each consonant phoneme unique.
✅ Correct student errors with phoneme isolation, blending, and segmenting.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
✅ Design a sound-spelling wall for your classroom.
✅ Use your sound-spelling wall to introduce or reinforce a sound-spelling correspondence to students.
These courses are designed with busy educators in mind, offering bite-sized videos, activity demonstrations, downloadable resources, and access to the latest research so you can take your learning and put it into practice. Here’s what each course includes:
Short Videos to Explain Key Concepts
Our digestible videos are perfect for learning on the go. We break down complex ideas into manageable segments, so you can quickly grasp the essentials of phonemic awareness without sacrificing valuable classroom time.
Activity Demonstrations
Seeing is believing! Our activity demonstrations provide you with a firsthand look at research-based literacy activities you can bring straight to your classroom. These demonstrations make it easier to visualize how to apply the strategies you’re learning.
Downloadable Resources
Take your learning further with our downloadable digital resources, including articles, frameworks, graphic organizers, and templates. These tools are designed to reinforce your understanding and provide ready-to-use materials for your instruction.
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Access to Research
Stay informed with the latest findings on phonemic awareness. We connect you with cutting-edge research and show you how to apply these insights to better support your students.
Phonemic awareness is a critical component of early literacy development, and understanding how to effectively teach and assess it is key to helping students become confident readers. Our courses are designed to give you the skills and resources you need to make a lasting impact in your classroom.
Here’s what educators who have taken our courses are saying:
“The best thing about this PD is learning the science and the WHY behind everything we are learning. Having the tools and deliverables to immediately implement and do the work with our students has been so helpful. I would absolutely recommend The Literacy Architects’ PD to a colleague who wanted to grow in their understanding and practice of teaching kids how to read!”
“I love the fact that there are takeaways that you can implement in your classroom right away!”
“If you have a background in phonemic awareness, take this class anyway! We always need a refresher to ground us in our work and you will receive valuable resources that you can add to your practice. It is exciting to see the science of reading and learning continue to evolve.”
Are you ready to elevate your phonemic awareness instruction? Our self-paced courses are the perfect opportunity to expand your knowledge and sharpen your skills. Whether you’re new to the concept or are looking to deepen your understanding, these courses are designed to meet you where you are.
Reply to this email or visit our website to learn more and enroll in our phonemic awareness courses today. Let’s continue building a strong foundation for literacy together!
What We're Working On
📢 Attention university professors!
We have an exclusive opportunity that's perfect if you want more ideas for your course syllabus to align it with the science of reading.
Join us in two weeks for a six-week community of practice with other reading professors to learn more about teaching educator prep candidates about evidence-based literacy instruction.
Here’s what past participants had to say about this unique opportunity:
“I liked hearing from the other instructors what content they were adding to their courses and their justification for doing so. It is giving me a lot of great ideas for my own course.”
“There are so many valuable things that I will use. My class will be much more hands-on with students practicing the instructional techniques instead of me always doing the modeling.”
“This course helped me to wrap my head around strategies to help undergraduate students understand the big picture.”
Fall Community of Practice Details:
2 pm–3 pm EST
November 4: Foundational Knowledge
November 12: Phonemic Awareness
November 18: Decoding and Encoding
December 2: Oral Language and Vocabulary
December 9: Reading Fluency
December 16: Reading Comprehension
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