Best Practices for Teaching Low-Level English/ESL Learners, a professional development session at Wake Technical Community College, April 2024: Click here to watch. Topics include: Foundational principles, basics of phonics, the teaching strategy "Scaffolded Listening and Speaking," and reading strategies with a story from At the Lake.
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Scaffolded Reading, a presentation at LESLLA 2021 Virtual Symposium

​Video is in the "Classroom Practice" section: https://padlet.com/leslla_org/LESLLA2021
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Introducing At the Lake and Other Stories for Adult Emergent Readers, book 2 in the series

Video: At the Lake Table of Contents
Video: At the Lake: Sample story and exercises
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Here are some ideas about using flash cards to teach letter names and sounds: At the River News, February 2017

​Video: Teach letter name, key word and sound 
Video: Teach key word and sound
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Put phonics into a relevant context using short vowel words and the story "Lunch Break" from At the River, Unit 9. For a lesson outline, click here: At the River News, July/August 2017

​Video: Identify short vowel sounds
Video: Blending words with 3 or 4 sounds
​Video: Segmenting words with 3 or 4 sounds
Video: Phonics activity: What sound? 
Video: Scanning activity: What number?