Teaching Reading: Quickstart Guide for Teachers & Caregivers

Reading is a fundamental skill for academic and life success. This comprehensive course equips teachers and caregivers with the knowledge and strategies to effectively teach reading to all students – including English language learners and those with learning differences like dyslexia.

Here's what you'll discover:

• Understanding Reading Development: Explore current research on how reading skills develop in children, providing a strong foundation for your teaching approach.
• Addressing Learning Differences: Learn how learning differences impact reading and gain practical strategies to effectively support struggling readers.
• Multisensory Reading Instruction: Master the Orton-Gillingham approach, a structured, multisensory method proven to make reading instruction more effective and memorable.
• Phonological Awareness & Phonics: Build a solid base in phonological awareness and phonics – essential building blocks for reading fluency.
• Boosting Reading Fluency: Discover engaging techniques to improve reading speed and accuracy, making reading a more enjoyable experience.
• Vocabulary & Comprehension Strategies: Enhance students' vocabulary and comprehension skills, even for those learning English as a second language.

This course provides downloadable resources to help you confidently begin teaching reading or adapt your existing instruction to better support diverse learners.

Your instructor, Sarah Rotich, is a seasoned literacy specialist and special education teacher with extensive experience coaching teachers and caregivers. Her straightforward, research-backed methods make this course invaluable for anyone dedicated to helping children learn to read.