Description:
This three-day interactive workshop is intended for educators teaching reading to struggling readers who are deaf and hard of hearing at the Kinder - 3rd grade levels. The workshop will examine the important components of reading instruction – phonological awareness, word study, spelling, fluency, and comprehension. For each component, the workshop will provide basic literacy information. In addition, participants will view and practice examples of effective, research-based instruction for struggling readers who are deaf and hard of hearing. The workshop will also examine adaptations to facilitate students’ access to the general education curriculum. Video presentations of instructional activities for the basic literacy content will be shown throughout the workshop.
Learner objectives:
- The participants will identify the characteristics of readers who are deaf and hard of hearing and their unique educational needs.
- The participants will establish a working knowledge of the important components of reading instruction – phonological awareness, word study, spelling, fluency, and comprehension, and of the English Language Arts and Reading (ELAR) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
- The participants will identify and practice instructional adaptations so that students can access the curriculum.
- The participants will identify objectives that can relate to Individualized Education Program (IEP) literacy goals.