Phonics Focused Guided Reading PD with Jen Jones & Katie Garner

Guided Reading presents an opportunity for beginning readers to engage with “real-world” text, exposing them to language that is broad, deep and enticing, is not always easily decodable. 

Or is it?

Learn how to use small group time to help students become strong decoders instead of weak guessers AND make meaning! Using brain science as a road map, discover how to take advantage of “backdoor” learning systems to streamline instruction and accelerate early learner access to the phonics code. By aligning phonics skill concepts with “universal” experiences and understanding (i.e. having a crush, not getting along, getting hurt, being left out, doing what your mom or babysitter tells you, knowing where and when to be sneaky, etc...) we can leverage early learners’ social-emotional intelligence to fast-track skill mastery at the earliest grade levels. In this way, beginning and struggling readers are empowered with the tools they need to become fearless…