Sustaining Slingerland Skills - PREPARATION FOR READING AND STRUCTURED READING

Sustaining Slingerland Skills classes are follow-up classes intended for those who have completed at least the Introductory Comprehensive class. Specific classes may be appropriate for those who have taken a Slingerland short class based on topic. Each class will focus on a particular aspect of the Slingerland® Approach, the Slingerland lesson plan, structured literacy, and/or the science of reading. Follow-up classes may include lecture, video presentations, discussion, and question-and-answer.

Classes are held virtually to offer this opportunity to the widest audience possible. Sustaining Slingerland Skills: Follow-up classes are eligible for 3 IMSELC-accredited CEU hours for those seeking recertification as a Certified Slingerland Teacher (CST) or Certified Slingerland Instructor of Teachers (CSIT).

This session will focus on the following topics:

1. PREPARATION FOR READING AND STRUCTURED READING—“READING FLUENCY: Related to Prosody ➔ Much More than Speed—What is the Role of Syntactic Awareness?”

   —symbiosis—interaction between two concepts with close association—typically to the advantage of both

   —how clauses answer ?s in same ways as phrases answer questions—

   —how to structure complex sentences:  subordinating conjunctions and subordinate clauses