The Synthetic Phonics Advantage

Join Get Reading Right literacy trainer, Shirley Houston, to learn how an explicit, systematic synthetic phonics program will help you surpass the Australian National Curriculum reading and writing achievement standards. Shirley will take you through the theory and the practice of synthetic phonics - feel motivated and ready to go - right away!

Albert Park Public School, Lismore, Wednesday 21st November 2012, 9am - 4pm

• What is synthetic phonics
• The theory behind the success of synthetic phonics
• How research supports the use of phonics to teach early reading
• How to easily surpass the Australian National Curriculum achievement standards for reading and writing
• How to teach synthetic phonics
• Hands-on experience with ready-made games and activities to make learning fun
• How to incorporate synthetic phonics into a balanced literacy program
• Practical workshops to plan and assess

• Learn the basic code (32 grapheme-phoneme representations) in as little as 12 weeks
• Begin to read simple words and phrases from the first week
• Begin to write immediately
• Increased confidence and ‘can do’ attitude towards learning

• See huge improvements in their children’s reading and spelling immediately
• Know and trust that the school is teaching reading and spelling well
• Learn how to help their children at home

About Shirley Houston

Shirley has been teaching children and training teachers in Australia for 30 years. Always on the lookout for the most effective reading strategies and programs, she came across Get Reading Right in 2010. She implemented it in her work with students in Year 1 and Year 2 who had struggled to make progress in literacy using other programs. The program design captured the interest of students who had experienced failure for years and resulted in reading levels that exceeded age expectations and those of peers not undertaking the program.

Shirley is a Get Reading Right synthetic phonics trainer and consultant.

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