LETRS, Volume 1

LETRS is an acronym for Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling. LETRS is an empowering professional development course of study for instructors of reading, spelling, and related language skills. LETRS is not a literacy curriculum. Instead, it provides knowledge and tools that teachers can use with any good reading program. It is designed to bring deeper insight and knowledge to reading instruction, provide answers that instructional materials cannot, and allow teachers to reach, through explicit, scientifically-based methods, students who might otherwise fail.

LETRS professional development consists of several components that give participants a blended learning opportunity.

Each participant will receive a Volume 1 participant book, have access to online learning modules, and four in-person unit workshops.

Attendance at in-person workshops, completion of the online learning modules and additional activities are eligible for Act 48 Hours. An overview of these activities and Act 48 hours will be done during the Unit 1 Workshop.

• Workshops will be held at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
• Lunch will be on your own.
• Volume 1 participant book and online subscription is $399.00.
• Participants must attend the Unit 1 workshop as the prerequisite for any other unit workshops.

Unit 1 The Challenge of Learning to Read

October 2, 2024

Unit 2 The Speech Sounds of English

December 9, 2024

Unit 3 Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling

January 29, 2025

Unit 4 Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition

February 26, 2025

Please register using the Frontline Registration link found below. You will have the option to purchase the book and online subscription when you register for the course.

Registration Questions:

Jaclyn.Underwood@miu4.org

Content Related Questions:

Linda.Delvaux@miu4.org