AUT24-157 Spelling for Life - Uncovering the Simplicity and Science of Spelling for Infants - 2nd Class with Lyn Stone

Dates:   Thursday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th November 2024
Times:   7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Venue:  Online via Zoom

Target Audience: Teachers from Junior Infants - 2nd class - Those in special education, speech pathology, homeschooling and educational psychology are also keen participants.

Overhauling your whole school spelling approach?
Wishing to raise student spelling and writing capacity in the Junior end of the School ?
Ready to get some new, effective, efficient strategies for spelling improvement, even for little children?
Then give your students the gift of better spelling by joining Lyn Stone for an online professional learning series.

The following will be covered over four one and a half hour sessions.

• Teaching handwriting – What does the research say about handwriting and spelling? A guide to establishing consistent, clear handwriting from day one.
• Teaching the alphabet – Don’t believe the hype that this can’t/shouldn’t be done. It’s crucial! Learn how not to confuse students with letter names.
• Sight words – Do spelling lists really help? Effective, efficient alternatives to make words stick for all students.
• Syllables – Which syllable types should I teach for spelling? How do I make sure students have syllable awareness without spending hours per week on syllable activities?
• Vowels and consonants – What’s the difference? Why do we care?
• How to integrate knowledge-building sentences into everything we do from day one and what this does for spelling development.
• Morphemes and spelling – How long do we wait before we tell little kids about morphology?
• All your questions re tricky words and spelling patterns – Bring your favourite words and let’s work through them together so they’re your students’ favourites too.
• A guide to our K-6 Spelling and Handwriting scope and sequence document – Plan for your whole school.

Included in the webinar series price:

• A downloadable handout with copiable worksheets to keep forever
• A PowerPoint presentation for immediate classroom use
• An online resources hub containing relevant information, free videos and and links to anything we talk about during the series
• Discounts on the Spelling for Life book

Bio of Presenter: Lyn Stone

Lyn is an educational linguist, author, and CEO of Lifelong Literacy, an education coaching and training organisation.Her goal is to help educators awaken linguistic curiosity in their students using creative, engaging tools and strategies that are based upon scientific consensus as to what constitutes best practice.Lyn creates research-informed professional development seminars, both online and face to face, for teachers and other education professionals. She directs a team of specialist practitioners to deliver high quality literacy intervention at Tiers 2 and 3, and a team of school coaches to deliver the best possible Tier 1 literacy instruction.

Her occasional podcast about the lives of prominent education professionals, Loves, Hates and Passions, can be found on Spotify. 

Her three books, Spelling for Life, Language for Life and Reading for Life continue to attract worldwide acclaim and enjoy places on various bestseller lists.