Accelerating Literacy Learning II

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Welcome to Accelerating Literacy Learning II – Fluency and Comprehension

This comprehensive 15-hour asynchronous course serves as the third installment in the ALL Ohio Literacy Learning Program, designed to advance teachers’ expertise in developing students’ reading fluency and language comprehension skills through the evidence-based Structured Literacy approach. Organized into four self-paced modules with supplementary readings and assignments, the course is grounded in Gough and Tumner’s Simple View of Reading model and Scarborough’s Reading Rope model, providing educators research-based frameworks for understanding reading development. Participants will learn the why, what, and how of word-level and text-level fluency, background knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning, and literacy knowledge. Participants will also learn how to scaffold and support struggling learners as they develop these skills to become proficient readers.

Time Estimated: 15 hours

  • Teaching for Reading Fluency
    • Pre-Assessment: Teaching for Reading Fluency
    • 1. Unpacking Reading Fluency
    • 2. Fluency is Not an Isolated Skill
    • 3. Developing Reading Fluency through Practice
    • 4. Assessing Fluency
    • 5. Timed Repeated Reading
    • 6. Summing it Up
    • Post-Assessment: Teaching for Reading Fluency
    • Assignments: Teaching for Reading Fluency
  • Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 1
    • Pre-Assessment: Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 1
    • 1. Language Comprehension & Complex Texts
    • 2. Building Background Knowledge
    • 3. Building Literacy Knowledge
    • 4. Building Vocabulary Knowledge
    • 5. Teaching Language Structures
    • 6. Summing it Up
    • Post-Assessment: Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 1
    • Assignments: Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 1
  • Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 2
    • Pre-Assessment: Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 2
    • 1. Language Comprehension & Complex Texts – Part 2
    • 2. Teaching Verbal Reasoning
    • 3. Comprehension Monitoring
    • 4. Planning Effective Instruction
    • 5. Delivering Effective Instruction
    • 6. Summing it Up
    • Post-Assessment: Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 2
    • Assignments: Teaching Language Comprehension – Part 2
  • Teaching Vocabulary
    • Pre-Assessment: Teaching Vocabulary
    • 1. Vocabulary Knowledge and Development
    • 2. Types of Vocabulary Instruction
    • 3. Indirect Vocabulary Learning
    • 4. Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
    • 5. Word Learning Strategies
    • 6. Supporting Diverse Student Needs
    • 7. Summing it Up
    • Post-Assessment: Teaching Vocabulary
    • Assignments: Teaching Vocabulary
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