Prerequisite: Introduction to Reading: Foundational Skills is required prior to enrolling in this course. Recommended prerequisite: Reading Foundational Skills: Print Concepts, as these courses form a pathway.
This self-paced course is part of the Reading: Foundational Skills pathway. Through this pathway, participants will develop an understanding of the foundational reading skills in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), how these standards connect to the Science of Reading, and what instruction of each of the foundational skills should entail: print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency. The goal of this course is for educators, paraprofessionals, or anyone supporting students in reading to understand what phonological awareness is and how to support its development. Improving students’ phonological awareness improves reading ability—and the earlier, the better!
NOTE: This course does not fulfill the Right to Read professional learning mandate.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand and explain what phonological awareness is and why it is a critical foundational skill for all students.
- Understand how phonological awareness relates to the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy.
- Build awareness of the progression of foundational skills in the CCSS (including phonological awareness) as Tier 1 instruction in a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
- Clarify what to teach and how to teach phonological awareness.
- Clarify how to assess whether students have mastered phonological awareness to inform instruction.
Intended Audiences
- K–12 Educators
- Related Service Providers
- Administrators
- Coaches
- Paraprofessionals
Course Type
- Self-Paced
Recommended # of PLUs
- 3 PLUs