October 18, 2012: The Word Identification Strategy Workshop
Description**: The Word Identification Strategy teaches a series of steps students can take which promote the successful reading of words not immediately recalled from memory. It provides a functional and efficient strategy to help challenged readers successfully decode and identify unknown words in their reading materials. Using a mnemonic device, students are taught to use various tools (beginning with the least time-consuming) including word structure analysis and using other readily available resources to correctly read unfamiliar words. The strategy is based on the premise that most words in the English language can be pronounced by identifying prefixes, suffixes, and stems and by following three short syllabication rules. The strategy steps include using contextual clues, breaking words into their morphemic parts (prefix, suffix, root), following three short syllabication rules. and basic phonetic analysis. This strategy can also prompt students to predict the meanings of some words, which enhances the understanding of vocabulary found in both isolation and text. In a research study, students made an average of 20 errors in a passage of 400 words before learning this strategy. Having learned the Word Identification Strategy, students reduced their errors to an average of three per 400 words. Reading comprehension increased from 40 percent on the pretest to 70 percent on grade-level passages.
**This workshop can be taken separately or in conjunction with the Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Workshop scheduled for October 19, 2012.
Cost: $125 (includes parking pass, refreshment breaks, instructor’s manuals, packets of training materials, as well as supplemental handouts and PowerPoint presentations sent electronically following the workshop to augment instruction. Successful completion of both workshops will provide 1 PLU for eligible participants.)
Instructor: Kathy Boyle-Gast, Communication Sciences & Special Education, SIM® Professional Developer
Location: River’s Crossing, 850 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605
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