Description
ELLA is a professional development offered by Arkansas Reading First, the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Education Service Cooperatives. It is designed to provide teachers with a solid foundation in a comprehensive literacy program. The training is based on the Arkansas English Language Arts Framework and research provided by the National Reading Panel Report. It focuses on appropriate assessments and systematic, explicit instruction in the five essential elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension, as well as writing. Registration is through the Education Service Cooperatives during the spring of each year.
Training Schedule
Year I |
Content |
Four day initial summer institute |
Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetic Principle, Comprehension |
Two sessions in the fall semester |
Writing Development: Vocabulary, Phonics/Spelling, Comprehension |
Two sessions in the spring semester |
Phonics: Decoding / Spelling
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Year 2 |
Content |
Three day summer institute |
Assessment, Intervention and Small Group Instruction |
One session in the fall semester |
Fluency, Vocabulary |
One session in the spring semester |
Comprehension |
The trainer will arrange a site visit to an Arkansas Reading First lab classroom. |
Research
Put Reading First, 2001
Report of the National Reading Panel, 2000
Professional Texts
- Apprenticeship in Literacy by Dorn et al (1-57110-088-1)
- Bringing Words to Life by Beck et al (1-57230-753-6)
- Developmental Reading Assessment by Beavers (Only available through Pearson Learning)
- The Fluent Reader by Rasinski (0-439-33208-7)
- Guided Reading by Fountas and Pinnell (0435-08863-7)
- Phonemic Awareness in Young Children by Adams et al (1-55766-321-1)
- Reading With Meaning by Miller (1-57110-307-4)
- Shaping Literate Minds by Dorn and Soffos (1-57110-338-4)
- Teaching for Deep Comprehension by Dorn and Soffos (1-57110-403-8)
- Word Journeys by Ganske (1-57230-559-2)
- Words Their Way, Letter and Picture Sorts for Emergent Spellers by Johnston et al (0-13-113591-0) (Kindergarten and First Grade)
- Words Their Way, Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers by Johnston et al (0-13-183813-X)) (Kindergarten and First Grade)
- Words Their Way, Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers by Invernizzi et al (0-13-183816-4) (First Grade Only)
Contact information:
For additional information, contact the literacy specialists at your local education service cooperative. |
