For grades K-5. This is a face-to-face program at the NCCAT Cullowhee campus.

NCCAT will hold a five-session series focused on a research-to-practice exploration of the foundational skills in early literacy. Effective instruction in these fundamental components holds the key to life-long learning for every child in your classroom.

Attend all five and earn an NCCAT literacy badge or attend individual sessions to deepen your own understanding of the building blocks of beginning reading. 

This class will focus on vocabulary. Research is very clear on the importance of vocabulary to reading comprehension. In fact, “Vocabulary is the largest determinant of comprehension of language” (Biemiller 2015).  

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For grades K-5. This is a face-to-face all day program at the NCCAT Cullowhee campus.

NCCAT will hold a five-session series focused on a research-to-practice exploration of the foundational skills in early literacy. Effective instruction in these fundamental components holds the key to life-long learning for every child in your classroom.

Attend all five and earn an NCCAT literacy badge or attend individual sessions to deepen your own understanding of the building blocks of beginning reading. 

This class will focus on fluency. “Reading fluency has long been acknowledged as an essential skill that readers must develop to facilitate comprehension and motivate engagement in the act of reading” (Hasbrouck, 2019).

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For grades K-5

NCCAT will hold a five-session series focused on a research-to-practice exploration of the foundational skills in early literacy. Effective instruction in these fundamental components holds the key to life-long learning for every child in your classroom.

Attend all five and earn an NCCAT literacy badge or attend individual sessions to deepen your own understanding of the building blocks of beginning reading.

This class will focus on phonics. Phonics instruction teaches children how to decode letters into their respective sounds, a skill that is essential for them to read unfamiliar words by themselves.

Most words are in fact unfamiliar to early readers in print, even if they have spoken knowledge of the word. Having letter-sound knowledge will allow children to make the link between the unfamiliar print words to their spoken knowledge.

• Fri. Feb 12 Virtual 2 hours (3-5 p.m.)

• Fri. Feb 19 Virtual 2 hours (3-5 p.m.)

• Fri. Feb 26 Virtual 2 hours (3-5 p.m.)

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For grades K-5

NCCAT will hold a five-session series focused on a research-to-practice exploration of the foundational skills in early literacy. Effective instruction in these fundamental components holds the key to life-long learning for every child in your classroom.

Attend all five and earn an NCCAT literacy badge or attend individual sessions to deepen your own understanding of the building blocks of beginning reading. 

This class will focus on phonics. Phonics instruction teaches children how to decode letters into their respective sounds, a skill that is essential for them to read unfamiliar words by themselves. Most words are in fact unfamiliar to early readers in print, even if they have spoken knowledge of the word. Having letter-sound knowledge will allow children to make the link between the unfamiliar print words to their spoken knowledge.

• Fri. March 19 VIrtual 2 hours (3 - 5 PM)

• Fri. March 26 Virtual 2 hours (3 - 5 PM)

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For grades K-5

NCCAT will hold a five-session series focused on a research-to-practice exploration of the foundational skills in early literacy. Effective instruction in these fundamental components holds the key to life-long learning for every child in your classroom.

Attend all five and earn an NCCAT literacy badge or attend individual sessions to deepen your own understanding of the building blocks of beginning reading. 

This class will focus on Phonological Awareness. Phonological Awareness  is critical for learning to read any alphabetic writing system (Ehri, 2004; Rath, 2001; Troia, 2004).  There are several well-established lines of argument for the importance of phonological skills to reading and spelling.

• Fri. Feb 19 Virtual 2 hours (3 - 5 PM)

• Fri. Feb 26 Virtual 2 hours (3 - 5 PM)

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Time: 9-11 a.m.

When establishing classroom cultures, understanding that poverty does not define a student is critical. Based on the work of Gorski (2017), this session will build awareness about the research of families experiencing poverty and demystify poverty as a deficient culture. We will explore the principles of equity literacy and discuss how these principles can improve our classrooms and schools. Additionally, participants will have opportunities to collaborate about this critical topic with colleagues from across NC. This session is intended for any K-12 teacher, instructional coach, or school leader.

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Time: 3:15-4:45 p.m.

We know assessment is a key element for making sound instructional decisions, so how do we use the data to plan rigorous instruction for all students? Join this session to learn best practices for identifying students’ learning needs and addressing instructional gaps that are critical for success in your grade-level. We will explore the joint guidance published from NCTM and NCSM to consider planning routines that we can use to move forward with math instruction this school year. This virtual program is intended for teachers in grades 3-8.

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