Registration Deadline:
February 9, 2027
Upper School Spelling and Grammar Strategies
Date(s):
February 9, 16, 23
Member Price:
$199.00
Facilitator:
Vincent Ventura & Shannon Hickey
Time(s):
6:00p-6:45p ET
Non-Member Price:
$299.00
Level:
Foundational
Badge Description:
Are you feeling frustrated or lost when you read your students’ writing? You see Spanish phonics in English writing and sentence structures that feel like translations that don’t reflect deep understanding. Here’s why: writing is the tangible product of literacy knowledge.
Join LitLife for this quick and practical badge that will highlight the key role of phonics in spelling, how understanding prefixes, suffixes, and roots unlocks longer words, and how to explicitly teach syntax through the lens of the “super sentence.” Walk away equipped to help your entire class as well as individual students connect the dots with spelling and writing.
Takeaways:
Phonics Guide for Upper Grade Teachers. A quick reference guide of what students need to know and how you can teach them in fun, engaging ways.
Morphology Toolkit. A repository of the most common and useful roots and affixes and a strategy toolkit to teach students to write longer words.
Syntax and sentence structure. Practical guidance on how to teach syntax in ways that students can understand and apply immediately.
Intended Audience: Grades 3-8 teachers, support staff, and coaches