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“I wish I had these sessions at the beginning of the year. However, I was able to take what was presented and apply it towards my students. I teach a grade 1/2 class. My students, no matter how much I modeled and gave examples did not want to sound out letters. I have noticed that since taking this workshop my students are now sounding out letters building on their phonemic awareness and blending the sounds together. I commend my students for steps they are making in their learning and thank you for all these amazing resources and strategies.”

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“I feel that my students have a better understanding of how letters, sounds and words work and ways they can decode when reading. It is incredible seeing them sounds out words in their writing by putting a hand under the chin to know where the vowel (usually) goes. They are producing more letters when writing unknown words.”

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“My learning has helped me understand my students' individual literacy needs. I am able to choose resources that are culturally relevant and make reading more relatable.”

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“Using more of the Elkonin boxes to really help students see breaking down the words by sounds and they loved Guess the Secret Sound and got good engagement during on-line learning.”

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“Great impact on student learning. Building a better understanding of sounds and how they connect to letters and make words. So important. I really appreciate all the learning I had during this workshop and I look forward to learning more! Thank you so much!”

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“The elkonin tiles are helpful. We tried syllables, vs phonemes and that helped with fluency. I expanded from simple phonics to other methods to reach more students who struggle. I learned that I must do more to help with the cycle about of say, do, and represent. I like the ideas surrounding understanding sounds, syllables, words and sentences. Thank you , most helpful.”

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“impacted our primary students receiving more intentional resource support with a first year teacher, coached/mentored teacher regarding how to select words from guided reading texts, using texts with CRRP and how guided reading is more than round-robin reading”

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“I  used the Elkonin boxes with one of my students who was able to independently identify separate syllables, but was struggling in separating the sounds. He made some progress in separating and replacing sounds at the onset-rime stage, which was great to see in such a short period of time!”

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“I have already seen my students progressing in their reading since I embedded phonological awareness and alphabetic awareness in my daily lessons in Kindergarten.”

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“I applied what I learned with a student who was stuck in B/C reading level. Now I know what was missing in her learning....She is on her way!”

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“They can feel my excitement as I teach them new strategies of learning to read.”

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“I have started using science of reading principles, and it's been amazing to see the growth in the students as they have a deeper understanding of reading and language skills.”

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“I was able to give the power of enjoyment and self-esteem to my students when they got stuck on a word and give them the opportunity to use their reading strategies.”

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“As an educator it's important to have the Who/What/How/Why questions about who my students are and how I will meet their needs through culturally relevant texts, and what is really striking is just how important my text selection is for student success. I have to reflect on my biases, my purpose for sharing the text, and whether or not my students are reflected in the text.”

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“Fostering and developing cultural awareness through the implementation of culture centered literacy and it's connection to building confidence and engagement in our little learners.”

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“It is important to select and include texts that reflect student identities.”