GALA Literacy Learning Series #11
Georgia Association of Literacy Advocates (GALA)
Don’t Stress about the Schwa!
Engaging Ways to Teach Students to Decode Unstressed
Vowel Sounds in Multisyllabic Words
~with~
Yvette Manns
Science of Reading Advocate, Language and Literacy Specialist, Dyslexia Practitioner, and Author
WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
Join our jam-packed session to explore how to incorporate read-aloud texts into a Structured Literacy classroom. This hour is all about phonics fun through incorporating best practices in modeling oral language, engaging students in listening comprehension and reinforcing strategies covered in your core curriculum.
Please Join Our Webinar!
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
- Get to Know Schwa: Understand the role of the schwa sound in multisyllabic words and how to effectively explain this concept to students.
- How to Fit Read-Alouds into your Literacy Block: Learn creative and interactive ways to use questioning, think-alouds and sentence starters to get the conversation going with your students.
- Extension Activities: Gain tried and true strategies to help solidify the concept of schwa and take a peek at activities that will aid students in decoding multisyllabic words with schwa.
- Q & A Session: Ask away! This discussion time will be an open forum to share and questions about schwa, incorporating a sound wall in a Structured Literacy classroom and ways to make decoding strategies stick for students.
- Raffle Time! Two lucky winners will receive a swag bag with books, stickers and more goodies for their classroom.
A Bit about Yvette...
Yvette Manns is a Science of Reading enthusiast, language and literacy specialist, dyslexia practitioner and author living in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the past decade and a half, she has dedicated her work to improving literacy outcomes for students. Yvette has led professional development for districts, schools and government agencies to create equitable access for underserved and underrepresented groups in literacy. Her books are in over 6,000 classrooms and libraries in the United States, Canada and Australia and her training videos have over 1.8 million views on YouTube. Yvette has received House Resolutions and Proclamations from the City of Atlanta in honor of her impact to the literacy landscape, and has also been featured in multiple media outlets for her ingenuity in education. When she is not training, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, traveling and riding her Peloton bike until her legs feel like noodles.
WATCH Yvette's 44 Phonemes Video with 1.6 Million Views on YouTube!
Check out Yvette's books from her
PHONICS READ-ALOUD SERIES!
The Not-So-Lazy Schwa (2022)
The most common sound in the English language, Schwa, searches for a place of belonging among consonants and vowels. Even though he doesn't have a letter, he learns that he plays an important role in words, after all.
The Very Special Heart Words (2023)
Heart wants to help the consonants and vowels as they build words. The letters are learning all about high frequency words and Heart teaches them about how to map heart words using different methods. The letters learn about words that are decodable and words that are not yet decodable, and they are temporary heart words.
The Very Helpful Floss Rule (2024)
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Georgia Association of Literacy Advocates (GALA)
GALA Leadership Team
- Bethany L. Scullin, Chair
- Robert A. Griffin, Vice Chair
- Al Dodge, Treasurer
- Helena Foster, Secretary
- Megan Schumacher, Membership Working Committee Chair/Member-At-Large
- Carolyn Cutts, Social Media Working Committee Chair/Member-At-Large Chair
- Oluremi Wright, Grants/Scholarships/Awards Working Committee Chair/Member-At-Large Chair
- Crystal Beach, Chair of Professional Development Committee/Member-At-Large
Website: https://www.galiteracy.org/