Description
This workshop is aimed at meeting the needs of beginning readers who need the explicit teaching and guided practice of decoding strategies to achieve decoding fluency. The '5 Bits' routine provides you with the structure needed to explicitly teach decoding. A preview of the next stage which launches comprehension will be included .
Presenters
Christopher Witt (AISWA Staff)
Literacy Consultant | Animal Ethics Executive Officer
Christopher Witt joined AISWA in 2009. Prior to that he was a Consultant at STEPS Professional Development. At STEPS, Chris developed a literacy resource for secondary teachers: Tactical Teaching Reading. It included materials and professional learning courses and had great success nationally and internationally, helping many secondary teachers to successfully support literacy across their curriculum area.
After teaching for 25 years, Chris worked in various advisory and consultancy roles in curriculum improvement. He has been at AISWA for 12 years as a Literacy Consultant providing support for teachers and schools in professional learning and literacy improvement initiatives. This includes Sharp Reading, First Steps and Primary Connections. Key PL programs developed by Chris at AISWA include Scaffolding Adolescent Literacy and Programming and Assessment in English (P-10).
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Segments
Event Segment
Date / Time
7 Jun 2016 Starts: 15:45 Finishes: 17:45Delivery Format : In Person
Esperance Christian Primary School
PL Hours : 2.00
Learning Area
- Literacy
School Area
- Early Childhood (PK - 2)