Literacy
The programs in reading and writing literacy at ESD 105 provide deep foundational trainings in understanding how students learn to read, write, and spell. We also assist teachers in applying assessment data to design and implement strong learning curricula in their classrooms.
LETRS reading instruction modules
ESD 105 offers units throughout the year in LETRS – Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling. This 12-module professional development program for K-12 classroom teachers, reading coaches, special education teachers, and administrators provides a core understanding of language structure. Participants gain in-depth instructional information to complement their teaching practices. LETRS brings a deeper knowledge of reading instruction by addressing each component of language literacy as well as the foundational concepts that link them.
• Module 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read
• Module 2: Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness
• Module 3: Sellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works
• Module 4: The Mighty Word: Building Vocabulary and Oral Language
• Module 5: Getting Up to Speed: Developing Fluency
• Module 6: Digging for Meaning: Teaching text Comprehension
• Module 7: Teaching Phonics, Word Study, and the Alphabetic Principle
• Module 8: Assessment for Prevention and Early Intervention
• Module 9: Teaching Beginning Spelling and Writing
• Module 10: Reading Big Words: Syllabication and Advanced Decoding
• Module 11: Writing: A Road to Reading Comprehension
• Module 12: Using Assessment to Guide Instruction
The ESD 105 Literacy Cadre, introduced in 2007-2008, offers training and follow-up sessions to help increase the capacity for literacy leaders in schools and districts to incorporate scientifically-based reading instruction for all students. This program is designed to provide the coaching skills needed to create building and district literacy leaders out of participating reading coaches and specialists, classroom teacher leaders, special education teachers, and administrators.
Programming for 2007-2008 is on an overview of all the LETRS modules, engaging participants in researrch-based instruction in the five components of reading: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
Contact information:
Cathy Benedetti
Teaching and Learning Director for Arts and Literacy
Phone: (509) 454-3120
E-mail: cathy.benedetti@esd105.org
Sandy Kurtz
Administrative Secretary for Literacy
Phone: (509) 454-3128
E-mail: sandy.kurtz@esd105.org
