Overview.The course is designed to provide K-2 elementary educators with research-based practices for delivering differentiated literacy instruction.

The course leads participants through the process of crafting and delivering an efficient small group lesson that can be delivered over several days. These lessons that supports the development of foundational phonics, trick word, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, and comprehension skills and applying those skills to appropriate decodable texts. 

Content features lesson plans and instructional materials from our Decoding Duo series. Each participant will be sent a Decoding Duo manual as part of the course materials. 

Course Outline

Module 1 - Using the  Neuroscience of Reading to Maximize Small Group Instruction

Modules 2 - Unpacking the Elements of  Structured Literacy Routines 

Module 3 - Utilizing Screening and Benchmark Data to Plan Targeted Small Group Instruction

Module 4 -  Delivering Effective Structured Literacy Lessons with a Focus on Building Accuracy Skills

Module 5 -  Delivering Effective Structured Literacy Lessons with a Focus on Building Fluency Skills

Module 6 -  Planning Your Own Structured Literacy Routines Using a Backwards Approach.

Overview. This 15 hour (PDP) provides educators with a systematic lesson plan for teaching students to read multisyllabic words with common prefixes and suffixes. 

Approximately 70% of multi-syllable words that students encounter in 3rd grade and above contain prefixes and suffixes and the ability to fluently read and comprehend these affixes is critical for student achievement.

The course leads participants through the process of crafting and delivering an efficient 15 - 20 minute, small group lesson that supports the development of advanced word work and spelling skills and applying those skills to non-fiction, grade level passages. 

Course Outline

Module 1 - Using the  Neuroscience of Reading to Maximize Small Group Instruction in Upper Elementary

Modules 2 - Unpacking the Elements of  Structured Literacy Routines 

Module 3 - Utilizing Screening and Benchmark Data to Plan Targeted Small Group Instruction

Module 4 -  Building Background Knowledge in Syllable Types, Morphology, and Spelling Generalizations

Module 5 -  Delivering Effective Structured Literacy Lessons with a Focus on Building Accuracy Skills

Module 6 - Delivering Effective Structured Literacy Lessons with a Focus on Building Fluency Skills

Overview. The 15 hr (PDP) course is designed for educators who are seeking information about how to utilize evidence-based practices to support struggling readers including students with dyslexia.

Rather than a one-size fits all model, research now suggests that students with dyslexia benefit from targeted instruction that matches their "subtype."  This course will highlight the four common subtypes of dyslexic students including the co-occurrence of attentional weaknesses, naming speed subtypes and double deficits, and related best practices for instruction. 

Course Outline

Module 1 - Connecting the Science of Reading to Assessment and Instruction

Module 2 - Using a Preventative Framework: The Importance of Early Screening for Risk of Dyslexia and Overall MTSS Model in Ensuring Reading Achievement

Module 3 - Unpacking the Latest Research on Word Recognition: Understanding the Process of Orthographic Mapping

Module 4 - Defining Dyslexia and Planning Instruction for Common Subtypes Including Co-Occurring Working Memory Weaknesses, Naming Speed Subtype and Double-Deficit Subtype. 

Module 5 - Understanding the Subtypes of Dyslexia Through Case Studies. 

Module 6 - Utilizing Explicit Instruction Delivery Strategies to Maximize Achievement. 

Overview. RAVE-O (Retrieval, Automaticity, Vocabulary, Engagement - Orthography) is the first comprehensive research and evidence-based approach to building reading fluency for struggling 2nd - 4th graders.

The RAVE-O course is designed for educators who support struggling readers and those with dyslexia including, reading specialists, classroom teachers, special educators, and speech and language pathologists.

This course provides a complete training in the administration of the original RAVE-O program which was published and distributed by Voyager Sopris from 2008 - 2023

Original RAVE-O materials are no longer sold by Voyager Sopris and it is recommended that training attendees have access to the curricula materials.

By the completion of the course, participants will be prepared to teach RAVE-O both in-person and online. The program goes beyond repeated reading to help students develop their automaticity in all aspects of word knowledge, integrating phonics, vocabulary, parts of speech, and morphology. 

RAVE-O is the only known structured literacy approach for students with Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) weaknesses, and now has a virtual version of the curriculum for remote instruction.