LOCATION:

The Prentice School
18341 Lassen Drive
Santa Ana, CA  92705

• You must attend all sessions to satisfactorily complete the course.
• Registration for continuing education units will take place the first day of the course.
• Registration fee includes course materials.

• MATERIALS PROVIDED FOR THE COURSE

  Item #9219 - Manuscript Alphabet Wall Cards
  Item #1662 - Teachers Handpack
  Item #2046 - Preparing Children for Success in Reading
  
  12x18 newsprint (for use during the course)
  beginning pencils (for use during the course)
  crayons (for use during the course)
  

OVERVIEW:

Developing oral language, phonological awareness and an introduction to recognizing and writing the alphabet. Ten hours of class time.

Course Content

• The understanding of what children need to know before they learn to read
• A study of the normal development of oral language
• Oral language skills – listening and speaking
• Phonological awareness activities for the classroom
• The sight, sound, form and key-word of each letter of the alphabet
  
• The major components of reading acquisition
  
• Current assessment strategies for beginning readers
  
• Indicators of reading problems and characteristics of language/learning disabilities