Prep Reading & Writing Workshop

(aka, Pre Primary, Kinder, Reception, Transition)
Effective instructional strategies for teaching reading and writing in prep.

Overview

This focused full-day workshop for Prep Teachers and Teachers' Aides examines the teaching of reading and writing for foundation students.

The vital connection between 'what to teach' and 'how to teach it' are the focus of this full-day workshop, as is the critical role of oral language in building successful readers and writers. Teachers attending this workshop will be empowered with the knowledge needed to plan for and deliver rigorous instruction for large and small groups of students.

Topics to be examined include:

• The importance of phonological knowledge, including phonemic awareness, sound and speech-sound discrimination
• Emergent reading skills
• Using basal readers, what to teach for on low level texts and how to effectively scaffold students in guided reading
• Developing writing skills for crafting and designing texts as well as building early knowledge of writing conventions
• The importance of developing automaticity around reading and writing sub skills
• Fostering independence and developing reading stamina
• Approaches for teaching and supporting young readers:
• Modelled reading
• Shared reading
• Guided reading
• Approaches for teaching and supporting young writers:
• Modelled writing
• Joint construction
• Interactive writing
• Guided writing

You will receive:

• workshop notes
• tea/coffee on arrival, morning tea and lunch

Cost

$295 + GST (Limited spaces are available so please register early.)
RSVP: Five (5) working days prior to workshop

Should you attend?

This workshop is suitable for Teachers and Teachers' Aides in the prep year (students aged 4-6).

Where and when?

See our workshop calendar for locations, venues and dates.