For Teachers - Handouts

Below you will find handouts for many of the staff-development sessions given by Dr. Gentry. You have the option of printing the handouts using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not currently have the Adobe Acrobat Reader and wish to obtain a free copy of their software from the Adobe web site, simply click the download button below.



Copyright Information
Please be aware that the handouts are copyrighted materials and can not be used or changed without the express written permission of J. Richard Gentry. You are most welcome to copy and print the handouts for your personal, nonprofit use in the classroom. Should you require multiple copies of handouts, please contact Richard Gentry for permission.

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Charleston Keynote Handout
1. No-Fail Principles for Teaching Reading Successfully 2. Do You Know Where Reading is in the Brain? 3. Gentry Developmental Phases 4. Procedures for Every Classroom


Digging in Deeper to Understand Best Practices for Teaching Reading, Writing, and Spelling
Brain Activity Scans and Overlapping Wave Model


Beginning Reading and Writing Handout Part 1



Beginning Reading and Writing Handout Part 2



Climbing the Phases of Beginning Reading



Unleash the Power of Early Writing for Reading and Assessment
unleash_power.pdf, 195k


Assessing Children in the Initial Stages of Reading and Spelling
assessing_children.pdf, 98k


Effective Practices for Spelling
effective_practices.pdf, 54k


The Literacy Block
literacy_block.pdf, 90k


Matching Children with Books
matching_children.pdf, 108k


A Mini Literacy Map of Spelling for Kindergarten and First Grade
mini_literacy_map.pdf, 86k


Standards Based Reform
new_orleans.pdf, 60k


Start With Observation and Assessment
observation_assessment.pdf, 100k


Spelling Strategies
spelling_strategies.pdf, 28k


Ten False Assumptions About Teaching Spelling
ten_false_assumptions.pdf, 69k


Hypothetical Depiction of Overlapping-Wave Model for One Child’s Spelling Development
In addition to learning patterns in the developmental phases of spelling, children use multiple strategies. Some strategies are better than others. Children are adaptive and move to more effective strategy use if we teach them.


Personal Narrative
This is an elaborate story frame appropriate for end of second or third grade. Children would have been introduced to concepts such as narratives, leads, transitions, supporting details, and conclusions.


Rocket Reading Instruction Into the Future
Twenty-first Century No-Fail Strategies, Twenty-first Century Breakthroughs in Beginning Reading, Teaching Words-- How Quality Spelling Instruction Rockets Reading Into the Future


IRAHandout
Spelling is Back, Brain Research: Dyslexia, Gentry's Development Phases, Overlapping Wave Model