Flying Cat Academy
Reading Remediation Instructor Course
General Information
Schedule
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Weekly Live Session
Days: Tuesdays
Time: 7:00 pm -8:00 pm
Location: BVCS
In-person or via Zoom
Welcome
to
the Flying Cat Academy Reading Remediation Instructor Course
The material that you will cover in this course is divided into 6 units, which you will cover over 6 weeks. By the end of this course, you will have the skills that you need to be able to teach reading remediation using the Flying Cat Academy's free online resources and the Dyslexia Training Institute's scope and sequence.
What you Need
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a 3 ring binder
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7 dividers - you will have 1 dividers for each of the 6 units and 1 for the drill instructions sheets
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Download and printout the the drill instructions sheets
Class Group
Instructions: The class group is a place to interact with peers and your teacher as we continue on our learning journey in this course. Use the forum to reflect your learning, engage in conversations, and ask questions. Click on the "View" link (below) to enter our group.
Our Class Group
Week 1
Understanding Dyslexia
2. What is Dyslexia?: Prezi with Audio
3. What is Dyslexia?: Prezi Handout
5. What is Dyslexia?: Handout
6. Core Phonics Survey: Teacher Handout and
7. Pop Quiz on "What is Dyslexia?"
8. Is it Dyslexia or a Developmental Lag?: Handout
10. Dyslexia Reading Simulation: Handout
11. Psych-ed Assessment: Video
12. Bell Curve Activity Information Sheet in Word
format for Immersive Reader: handout
13. Bell Curve Activity: Handout
14. Reading Homework: Brain Rewiring, Shaywitz,
and White Paper
Week 3
Closed Syllable Progression
1. Week 3 Checklist
2. Closed Syllable Progression Part 1 of 2: Video
3. Closed Syllable Progression: Handout
4. Syllable Rule Card: Handout
5. Closed Syllable Rule Card: Handout
6. Short Vowel Pictures: Handout
7. Short Vowel Sentence: Handout
8. f, l, s, and z Rule: Handout
9. ck Rule: Handout
10. Syllabication Worksheet: Handout
11. 7 Syllable Types: Handout
12. Syllable Types Explained: Handout
13. Blending Drill Instructions: Handout
20. Pop Quiz #3: PowerPoint
21. Reading Homework
Week 5
Open Syllable Progression and Vowel Consonant-e Progression
1. Week 5 Checklist
2. Open Syllable Progression: Video
3. Open Syllable Progression: Handout
4. Open Syllable Rule Card: Handout
5. Vowel Consonant-e Progression: Video
6. Vowel Consonant-e Progression: Handout
7. Vowel Consonant-e Rule Card: Handout
8. Pop Quiz #5: Powerpoint
Week 7
Lesson Planning
1. Structure of an O-G Lesson Plan: Video
2. Elements of an O-G Lesson Plan: Handout
3. Visual Drill Instructions: Handout
4. Auditory Drill Instructions: Handout
5. Syllable Pounding Instructions: Handout
6. CHOPS: Handout
7. Lesson Plan Template with Directions: Handout
8. Blank Lesson Plan Template: Handout
9. Sample Lesson Plan #1: Handout
10. Sample Lesson Plan #1 for more Advanced
Student: Handout
11. Reading Homework
Week 2
Phonemic Awareness, Decoding, and Encoding
1. Week 2 Checklist
2. Phonemic Awareness Narrated PowerPoint
3. Duncan Milne's Phonics Progression: Handout
4. Phonemic Awareness Drill Instructions: Handout
5. Phonics and Decoding: Video
6. Kinesthetic Drill Instructions: Handout
7. Letter Tile Drill Instructions: Handout
8. Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plan Template:
Handout
9. Edge Browser Read Aloud Tool: Video
10. Pop Quiz #2: Powerpoint
11. Reading Homework
Week 4
Closed Syllable Progression
1. Closed Syllable Progression Part 2 of 2: Video
2. Sight Word Study Method Instructions: Handout
3. 400 most Frequently used Sight Words: Handout
4. Closed Syllable Polysyllabic Word List: Handout
5. 1:1:1 Rule: Handout
6. Sounds of 'c' and 'g' Rule Card: Handout
7. Sounds of 'c' chart: Handout
8. Sounds of 'g' chart: Handout
9. Sounds of Suffix 'ed': Handout
1. Week 6 Checklist
2. Vowel Teams, Vowel Diphthongs, r-controlled, and
Consonant-le Syllable Types: Video
3. Vowel Teams/Digraphs Progression: Handout
4. Vowel Teams Rule Card: Handout
5. Adding Suffixes to a Variety of Syllable Types
Worksheet: Handout
6. Vowel Teams Chart: Handout
7. Vowel Diphthong Progression: Handout
8. Vowel Diphthong Rule Card: Handout
9. r-controlled Progression: Handout
10. r-controlled Rule Card: Handout
11. Consonant-le Progression: Handout
12. Consonant-le Rule Card: Handout