How to Teach Phonics in K-2
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Event Name How to Teach Phonics in K-2
Start Date Jan 1, 2024
End Date Jan 1, 2024
Duration 1 day
Description

Overview

Dates:

  • Session 1: Tuesday 31st January 2023
    • Session one is a video series, available to watch for two weeks prior to the live workshop for session two.
  • Session 2: Tuesday 14th February 2023 4:00-6:00pm
    • Session two is a live workshop, delivered via Zoom.
  • Session 3: Tuesday 28th February 2023 4:00-6:00pm
    • Session three is a live workshop, delivered via Zoom.
  • Session 4: Tuesday 14th March 2023 4:00-6:00pm
    • Session four is a live workshop, delivered via Zoom.
  • Session 5: Tuesday 28th March 2023 4:00-5:00pm
    • Session five is a live workshop, delivered via Zoom.

Presenter: Associate Professor Saskia Kohnen

Early bird price: $451 (register by 2nd January 2023 to receive this discounted rate)

Standard price: $530 (discounts available for multiple enrolments, MQ staff, and MQ students)

Course materials: A course workbook including all materials will be provided prior to the workshop

About the workshop

This course is aimed at teachers wanting to teach evidence-based explicit systematic phonics in Kindergarten to Grade 2. By the end of this course, teachers will have been introduced to the evidence base for teaching phonics, relevant linguistic terminology and some of the most effective instructional techniques. We will also highlight NSW’s new phonics syllabus. We will examine different scope and sequences and their important role in systematic teaching. Course attendees will learn to write effective teaching sequences for simple (e.g., m, a, s) and complex (e.g., dge, oi) phonics code. We will discuss the role of decodable readers in phonics instruction and examine how to effectively use these readers in the classroom.

Session 1: Learners will access recordings and other online course contents detailing the evidence base, relevant terminology and effective instructional techniques. Learners will complete some consolidation work based on the session contents.

Session 2: This live session is dedicated to the teaching of the simple phonics code (e.g., m, a, s) and blending. Learners will write their own lesson plans for teaching simple phonics code following this session.

Session 3: This live session is dedicated to the teaching of complex code phonics (e.g., dge, oi). Learners will write their own lesson plans for teaching complex phonics code following this session.

Session 4: This live lesson is dedicated to additional notes on teaching the complex phonics code and teaching of frequent irregular words. Learners will complete consolidation work at home.

Session 5: This live session is an opportunity to consolidate knowledge acquired in the course.

Who would benefit most from this workshop? 

This workshop will be most useful for primary school teachers of years Kindy/Prep/Foundation to Grade 2.

Registrations have now closed

If you are still interested in this workshop, you can register for our October intake here.