PaTTAN Literacy Quick Picks

Useful strategies for improving sentence building are presented.  Appropriate for teachers in the upper elementary/middle grades.

Learn a little bit about handwriting research and its implications in the classroom. 

Learn about the importance of explicit, systematic phonics instruction and identify the components of a solid phonics lesson plan.

Learn an easy routine for teaching vocabulary words through direct, explicit instruction.

An overview of using Curriculum-Based Measurement in the classroom and how Rate of Improvement is calculated.  Resources to help you get started are presented.

Traditional word walls focus on a print to speech system.  Try a sound wall that focuses on speech to print instead.  Learn about speech sounds and how to start  using a sound wall in your own classroom.

Many of us have moved to virtual or hybrid teaching and are challenged by how to create and use sound walls in this different teaching environment.  We created a template and provide guidance on how to personalize this general template so you may customize it with your core program materials and supplemental resources being implemented in your district.

Learn to distinguish between the terms phonological awareness and phonemic awareness, explain the role of phonemic awareness in reading and spelling, and consider the unique needs of all learners when planning for and implementing explicit and systematic phonemic awareness instruction in the classroom.