The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in using one text over a number of days in order to study orthographic concepts as well as author’s craft. When the text is clearly visible for the teacher and students, the work of the reader can be explicitly modelled and shared. After students are familiar with the content, they are better able to focus, in return sessions, on building knowledge and skills at the word, sentence and text levels.

We will not only look at what you can teach but also text selection - how do you choose the perfect text? Ideas for mapping out 4 -5 lessons using the same text will be shared as well as a potential structure for each lesson.

This workshop is being co-presented with Erika Olson. Erika works as the Literacy Coach at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand.