		Key Terms \| About This Workshop


	Word Study and Fluency: Before You Watch


	Session 3



	Before You Watch Video Summary Session Preparation



	Watch the Video



	Examine the Topic



	Put It Into Practice



	Wrap Up

Session Preparation


			Several books with good rimes you use with your students.

Throughout this session, questions are posed to guide you through the topic. If you are working in a group discuss your responses; if you are working alone reflect on them in your journal.

To prepare for the workshop session you will tap your prior knowledge, read two articles on word study and fluency, and review important terms.

What do you already know?

Print and complete the Word Study Concept Chart (PDF)


	Save your Word Study Chart to revise at the end of the session.


	Read this article:

How To Teach Phonics Part: 1 \| 2 \| 3 (PDF) Cunningham, P. M., and J. W. Cunningham. "What We Know About How To Teach Phonics." In Farstrup, S. E., and S. J. Samuels eds. What Research Has To Say About Reading Instruction, 87-109. Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 2000. www.reading.org


	Review these important terms:

Automaticity Emergent literacy Explicit instruction Fluency Opportunistic instruction Phonemic awareness Phonics Sight vocabulary


	Revise your chart

Return to your Word Study Concept Chart. Add any new thoughts, ideas, or questions based on the reading and review of important terms.

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Session Preparation

What do you already know?

Read this article:

Review these important terms:

Revise your chart