The Challenge of Learning to Read

Course Agenda

  • Why Reading Instruction is a National Priority
  • Learning to Read is not Natural
  • What's Special About the Alphabet?
  • Awareness of Speech Sounds and the Alphabetic Principal
  • What the Mind Does when it Reads
  • Four Processing Systems
  • How Children Learn to Read
  • Components of Comprehensive Reading Instruction
  • Dyslexia and Other Causes of Reading Failure