Participants will learn how the spelling routine supports reading and which TX-KEA measures benefit from the targeted instruction. This training focuses on a 4-step routine for providing explicit and systematic phonics instruction regardless of the phonics program implemented in the kindergarten classroom. Clear and consistent language is used for all parts of the routine. This foundational literacy component requires approximately 15 minutes of instruction per day.
Teachers are supported with a user-friendly lesson planning template, a spelling resource book for teachers, and a set of wall cards. Learn more about these invaluable instructional resources:
“This training was great! It provided a lot of explicit ideas to teach phonics.”
– Grade 1 Teacher, Galena Park ISD
“This training has helped me figure out where to begin helping my struggling students.”
– Teacher, Rio Grande City CISD
“CLI connects current research to best practices allowing teachers in our district to teach with fidelity & keeps students engaged in relevant content.”
– Campus Administrator, Tyler ISD
“I am extremely grateful for the clear and easy to implement lessons you provided. Your information was exactly what I needed to increase my phonics/word study instruction.”
– Teacher, Galena Park ISD
Please note: This session will be facilitated in English with a focus on English phonics instruction.However, the routine applies to both English and Spanish instruction. Adjustments for language-specific reading pedagogy and considerations for cross-linguistic transfer in emergent bilinguals will be included as time permits.
CLI Solutions Group is part of the Children's Learning Institute at UTHealth Houston
