6-Step Lesson Plan for Decoding, Spelling, and Fluency

Description:

In this Knowledge Block, participants will learn how to plan and implement engaging, evidence-aligned, 6-Step lessons to teach the phonemic and phonic skills necessary for efficient decoding, spelling, and fluency. You will receive a collection of practical resources and ideas for using the TRL 6-Step approach in face-to-face and virtual instruction.

Who should take this Knowledge Block:

• K-5 educators and administrators
• Secondary educators who work with long-term developing readers
• Note: We strongly recommend taking both the Phonological Awareness and Phonic Knowledge, Knowledge Blocks prior to this 6-Step plan, but it is not required.

What you will learn:

• The key features of effective instruction for word recognition
• How to use data from phonological awareness and phonic knowledge diagnostic assessments to inform instruction
• An evidence-aligned 6-Step structure to teach phonemic and phonics skills

Materials provided:

• 6-Step Lesson Plan blank template
• Sample 6-Step Lesson Plan
• 6-Step Lesson Plan Guidance Document
• Directions for how to make a soundboard and grapheme cards
• Suggested Keywords document for sound-symbol correspondences
• Printable grapheme cards for a soundboard
• Link to TRL Decodable Text Sources (series that are available for purchase)
• Virtual Soundboard
• Virtual Manipulatives
• PDF of all slides in handout form

Certifications:

• Certificate of Completion