“Effective spelling instruction teaches children to read.

Richard Gentry, Author of Spelling Connections: A Word Study Approach

Question:

What is the result of not doing explicit Word Study for Spelling & Automatic Word Reading?

Answer:

Over two decades of horrible reading scores.

Goals of the Spelling Workshop

Learn what are brain words & How the reading brain works

Discover the essentional and foundational role of spelling for reading

Leave with science-based practices from the latest cognitive science and
neuroscience

Make connections (specific exercises)

Reading

Writing

Content Areas

Vocabulary

Build a Reading/Writing Dictionary in each child’s brain