2021 SLINGERLAND BASICS CLASS

The Slingerland Basics Class is: 

• Suitable for General and Special Ed--Tutoring--Educational and Academic Language Therapy--Homeschoolers
• 50+ hours of Explicit, Structured, Sequential, Multisensory Instructional Strategies for Reading, Spelling, Handwriting and Written Expression
• Teaches to the Intellect of Students
• Reading Instruction Useful within ALL Subject Areas

The Basics Class includes these major components of the Slingerland® Approach

Handwriting - Both instructional strategies and content knowledge are included in the handwriting elements of the Slingerland®Approach.

• Importance of handwriting instruction and its relationship to written language acquisition
• Stages of handwriting development in children and older students
• Teaching of letter formation (and letter connections for cursive) with goal of automaticity and functional use of handwriting in written expression
• Use of identified breakdowns in the learning process
• Importance of integrating handwriting instruction into the teaching of reading and written expression

Reading - Both instructional strategies and content knowledge are included in the reading skills element of the Slingerland®Approach:

• History and development of multisensory structured language instruction (Structured Literacy)
• Word recognition and decoding
• *Activation of relevant background knowledge
• *Reinforcement and expansion of vocabulary
• Comprehension and Fluency
  • *Development of prosody—chunking words into meaningful phrases
  • *Syntax and grammar, phrase concept, sentence structure
  • *Effect of writing mechanics (e.g., punctuation, capitalization) on comprehension
• *Development of integrated lesson plans using curriculum materials from the classroom
• Relationship between oral language development and learning to read
• Current research findings related to word id, fluency (accuracy-prosody-rate) and comprehension
• Logic and structure of the English language as related to reading

Spelling & Written Language - Both instructional strategies and content knowledge used for integrating the teaching of handwriting, spelling and written expression are included in the spelling and written language element of the Slingerland®Approach:

• Oral language as foundation of written language
• *Development of lesson plans that integrate teaching of handwriting, spelling, and written expression
• *Development of integrated language arts lesson beginning with the smallest unit (simplest) and building (with increasing complexity) toward words and words within phrases and sentences (alphabetic principle)
• *Strategies for teaching encoding (phoneme segmentation) and spelling of regular and unpredictable words
• Current research findings related to oral language, handwriting, spelling and written expression
• Logic and structure of the English language as related to spelling and written expression

If this class is not in your area, please know that the Slingerland Class dates/location list is always being updated so please continue to check the events page on our website to see the complete list of current classes (Events Page). All classes require a minimum of 8 participants. A class may be cancelled due to low enrollment.