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As teachers, we must understand the content we are teaching. That means gaining an in-depth understanding of the structure and logic of English words. Why are words spelled the way they are spelled? In this course, you will learn a research-based approach to teaching phonics that solves the mystery and that shows the spelling of English words is 95% predictable. You will learn:
      • The structural layers of words
      • How historical influences affect spelling
      • The letters and letter combinations that represent the speech sounds
      • The “Real Rules” of English, a set of principles that tell us how words are constructed
Understanding these concepts will enable you to teach the language in a way that brings exceptional results.

Upon completion of this course, you will receive 20 Continuing Education Units.

You will need the book, The Secrets to Teaching Phonics.  Read each chapter that corresponds with the Workshop.

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Welcome to this course!

What You Need to Know About English

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 1 and Appendix F

What You Need to Know About Phonemes and Graphemes

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 2

Aligning Phonemic Awareness Activities to the Science of Reading

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 3

The Place of Encoding in Phonics Instruction

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 4

The Structural Layers of a Word

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 5

The Basics of Decoding

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 6

What is Phoneme-based Phonics?

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 7

The Missing Piece: The Markers of English

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 8

Stopping the Markers from Working

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 9

More Jobs of the Markers

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 10

Adding Suffixes

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 11

Learn the Suffixes

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 12

Adding Prefixes

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 13

Teaching Prefixes and Suffixes

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 14

Short Vowels

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 15

Long Vowels

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 16

Other Vowels

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 17

Consonants with multiple spellings

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 18

Putting it All Together

The Secrets to Teaching Phonics: Chapter 19