Instructor’s Training Course Content

01Phonemic Awareness

• Phoneme Replication
• Phoneme Blending
• Phoneme Segmentation
• Phoneme Substitution
• Phoneme Isolation
• Rhyming

02Word Attack Skills

• Short Vowels
• Long Vowels
• Consonants
• Consonant Blends
• Consonant Digraphs (When Appropriate)
• Vowel Glides (When Appropriate)

03Phonology

Syllable Types

• Open
• Closed
• Silent “e”

Syllable Division

• vc cv
• v cv
• vc v

Syllable Types (Revisited)

• “R”-controlled
• Consonant + “le”

04Spelling

• Long Vowel Spellings
• Rare Long Vowel Spellings
• Vowel Teams
• Long Spelling Rule
• The “Y” Rule
• The two sounds of oo
• The two sounds of ou
• The two sounds of ow
• The two sounds of c
• The two sounds of g
• The two sounds of s
• The three sounds of -ed
• The three sounds of ea
• au versus aw
• ie and ei
• oi versus oy
• ou versus ow
• y
• augh

The Long Spelling Rule

• The F, L, S Doubling Rule
• The CVC Doubling Rule
• The CVC Doubling Rule-Extended
• The Silent “e” Rule
• The “y” Rule

Plurals

• qu
• -ald, -alk, -all, -alt, -ild, -ind, -old, -oll, -olt, -ost

Silent Letters

• -able versus -ible
• -ably versus -ibly
• -ant versus -ent
• -ance versus -ence
• -ancy versus -ency
• -al, -el, and -ile
• -cial versus -tial
• -cious versus -tious

05Phonology (continued)

Syllable Types (Revisited)

• “R”-controlled
• Consonant + “le”
• Final Stable Syllables

Syllable Division (Revisited)

• v v
• vc ccv

06Morphology

• The Accent
• The Schwa
• The French Code

Anglo-Saxon Word Construction

• Identifying Words of Anglo-Saxon Origin
• Anglo-Saxon Prefixes

Latinate Word Construction

• Identifying Words of Latinate Origin
• Latinate Roots
• Latinate Prefixes
• Assimilated Latinate Prefixes
• Latinate Connectives
• -tu- and -du-

The Greek Code

• Greek Word Construction
• Assimilated Greek Prefix
• Identifying Words of Greek Origin
• Greek Combining Forms

07Reading Fluency

Reading Prosody

• Pitch
• Cadence

08Reading Comprehension

• Main Idea
• Inference
• Vocabulary in Context
• Critical Thinking
• Concept Imagery

09Writing Skills

• Paragraphs
• Compositions

10Handwriting

• Utensil Grip
• Paper Slant
• Letter Formation

11Study Skills

• Reading Strategies
• Review Strategies
• Note-taking Strategies