In partnership with our friends at Lexercise, we're sharing all about our experience taking their 30 hour Structure of Written English SOR professional development course!
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It has modules on Phonetics & Phonology, Orthography, Morphology, Syntax & Semantics, and Language and Reading Instruction, and completely covers the βwhatβ behind the Science of Reading, explaining in depth all the research-backed knowledge and information you need in order to help struggling readers and writers.
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π¦ We also created 13 FREE printable multi-sensory Sound Sorts (plus a blank one so you can use it them with any speech sound or word list), inspired by the Phonetics & Phonology unit.
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Students can use this resource to practice an essential, foundational decoding skill: identifying written words that contain a specific speech sound.
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This multi-sensory activity has students identifying different sounds in words, then sorting them into fun ice cream cones! Get all 13 printables FREE!
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