Required Bridge to Practice Activities
The completion of the Bridge to Practice Activities is required as participants work through the LETRS EC Course. These activities give participants the opportunity to put into practice what they learn in the course.
Unit 1 Bridge to Practice
Unit 1, Session 1
Select three case study students whom you believe struggle with oral language or class participation.
Create a folder for each student selected.
Complete the first column of the Daily Schedule Routines Worksheet. (The Daily Schedule Routines Worksheet can be found on page 10 of the LETRS EC book.)
Unit 1, Session 2
Complete the Early Literacy Checklist for each of your case study students. Include it in their folders.
In your journal, reflect on how you will use the information in this session to obtain the data you need to make instructional decisions.
Unit 2 Bridge to Practice
Unit 2 Session 3
Identify speech sounds that each of your case study students has not learned to say, and list example words on the Early Literacy Checklist for each student.
In your journal, write a paragraph about your ability to identify speech sounds in words.
Ask yourself what you are currently doing to build phonemic awareness with students. In your journal, describe 2–3 activities you could add to your daily routine to improve phonemic awareness.
Unit 2 Session 4
Select a children’s book that is unfamiliar to your students. Identify potentially unfamiliar vocabulary words and sort them into Tier 2 and Tier 3 categories.
Practice reading the book aloud using prosody to convey meaning.
Review each case study student’s level of oral language development, using the Early Literacy Checklist .
In your journal, record your impressions of these students’ levels of oral language development.
Unit 2 Session 5
Assess the stage of oral language development for each of your case study students, using the Early Literacy Checklist . Record your conclusions in their files.
Assess each child’s stage of narrative development. Record your conclusions in their files.
Unit 2 Session 6
Select a children’s book, plan the vocabulary, and use the Repeated Reading Worksheet to plan the first, second, and third reads.
Do the first, second, and third read.
In your journal, reflect on how the repeated reading of this book deepened your students’ understanding of the story.
Unit 3 Bridge to Practice
Unit 3 Session 7
In your journal, reflect on how phonological representation relates to vocabulary learning, and on ways you currently facilitate phonological development in your classroom.
Observe each child in your case study, and note something they said that illustrates their developing phonological processing system.
Create an activity that stimulates phonological awareness. Try it with your class and record the outcome and possible future adjustments in your journal.
Unit 3 Session 8
In your journal, reflect on how you may include phonological awareness activities in your daily routine.
In your journal, record your evaluation of your program’s assessment practices.
Use the Early Literacy Checklist to determine the level of phonological awareness for each of your case study students. Compare the results to the age-appropriate benchmarks.
Try one rhyming and one blending/segmenting activity introduced in this session with your class. Record the outcome and possible future adjustments in your journal.
Unit 4 Bridge to Practice
Unit 4 Session 9
In your journal, reflect on your current alphabet instruction, how the research discussion supports it, and what changes you will implement.
For each child in your case study, determine the number of uppercase and lowercase letter names the child knows, and compare it to the benchmarks.
Update the Print Awareness section of the Early Literacy Checklist based on where your students are now.
Add at least one visual enhancement to your classroom.
Choose a sequence that you are not using to present the alphabet, and prepare and present a lesson using that sequence. In your journal, record how it went and what you might change next time.
Unit 4 Session 10
In your journal, reflect on your current expectations and instruction on writing.
Collect a message-writing and name-writing sample from each child, and determine how each sample compares to the data, based on the child’s age.
Update the Print Development section of the Early Literacy Checklist based on where your students are now.
Summarize each student’s current literacy skills, strengths, and potential concerns.
Plan and use the Picture Story/Word Story Strategy with a small group. In your journal, write about what went well and what you might do differently next time.
Download the Early Literacy Checklist
Hemet Unified School District, CA
California District Uses Lexia LETRS to Create an Equitable Professional Development Platform
The Hemet Unified School District has 26 schools, covering grades TK through 12. This district serves 22,000 students. Prior to implementing the Lexia® LETRS® Suite, only 16% of all students were reading at or above grade level.
Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) kept coming up as the district's new director of literacy and intervention for the Riverside County district, Kristen Anderson, started to delve into how to address significant access and equity issues.
Hemet USD holds Dr. Louisa Moats in high regard. Dr. Moats is one of the authors of Lexia LETRS, along with renowned literacy experts Dr. Dr. Carol Tolman and Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson. Dr. Moats carries a lot of weight with the district’s elementary teachers, who understand her focus and reputation. This made Lexia LETRS a perfect fit for what the district was trying to accomplish.
Hemet USD rolled out Lexia LETRS training in two separate cohorts. The first cohort was composed of a group of 500 “first adopters” from 1,300 TK–12 educators. Response has been very positive so far, with educators expressing very strong interest in joining the second cohort.
The district is investing 18-24 months of study to Lexia LETRS showing it is fully committed to a paradigm shift in training educators to teach literacy.
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Student 1. Student 1 had gaps in her reading proficiency because was missing some phonemic awareness and was stuck in a basic understanding of phonemes. She was held up by multiple ways to spell the same sound and had a difficult time reproducing those spellings in writing. She also relied on using sounds for decoding unknown words in a text.
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Unit 1 Bridge to Practice. Unit 1, Session 1. Select three case study students whom you believe struggle with oral language or class participation. Create a folder for each student selected. Complete the first column of the Daily Schedule Routines Worksheet. (The Daily Schedule Routines Worksheet can be found on page 10 of the LETRS EC book.)
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context processor. provides the referent for a words meaning. context processor. enriches knowledge of how each word is typically used in the English language system. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like context processor, phonological processor, meaning processor and more.
and assessment types, characteristics, and purposes.• List the predictive indicators for academic learning. Estimated Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes-2 hours, 15 minutes. • 65-75 minutes online. • 20-30 minutes reading Unit 1, Session 2 in your LETRS Early Childhood manual. 15-30 minutes in your classroomUnit 2SESSION 3H.
The Bridge to Practice activities apply your learning of the LETRS content into classroom practice. You'll be able to apply your learning through lessons in your own classrooms with your students. You should complete these activities at the end of each Session. To verify that you completed Bridge to Practice activities, complete the Unit ...
Unit 1, Session 4 Reflection Worksheet Student's Name Date Instructions: Fill out a copy of this worksheet for each of your case study students. Questions Word Recognition Language Comprehension Which components of reading comprehension are strengths for your student? Include subskills this time, in addition to the strength(s) you previously ...
known then what I learned in LETRS, her school journey and my journey as a parent would have been much different. It would have saved a lot of tears, on her part and on mine! I believe LETRS provides hope for the struggling reader." Pzinski says that because of LETRS, she was able to find her passion for reading instruction. "Without this
Good readers skim a text, perceiving just a few letters. b. Good readers are dependent on context to identify words. c. Skilled readers perceive all letters when they read. d. The perceptual span of a good reader is triple that of a poor reader. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like b.
Educators benefit from deep knowledge of the science of reading that will impact long-term systemic change in literacy instruction. Take a look at the LETRS syllabus and see why this professional learning is transforming reading instruction. Download the sample syllabus to learn more. By submitting this form, I agree to receive information and ...
We have an expert-written solution to this problem! Which of the following is not an executive functioning skill? temperament. Which behavior describes a child who is at the maintenance stage of learning the alphabet? names several uppercase letters and a few lowercase letters. Sessions 1 and 2 Study Guide Learn with flashcards, games, and more ...
Case Studies. Download the PDF. Hemet Unified School District, CA. California District Uses Lexia LETRS to Create an Equitable Professional Development Platform. The Hemet Unified School District has 26 schools, covering grades TK through 12. This district serves 22,000 students. Prior to implementing the Lexia® LETRS® Suite, only 16% of all ...
1 07/09/21 General Information What is LETRS? Developed by renowned literacy experts Dr. Louisa Moats and Dr. Carol Tolman, LETRS® is a flexible literacy professional development solution for pre K-5 educators. LETRS earned the International Dyslexia Association's Accreditation and provides teachers with the skills they need to master the