| Main Track
Discover how evidence-based strategies can be incorporated into any ELA curriculum! Participants will be provided with a Handbook and Participant Set for model teaching and small group activities.
A 4-Day Workshop That Will Transform How You Teach Reading, Writing, and Spelling!
Meet and network with fellow educators who want to revolutionize how reading is taught! Together, we will translate the Science of Reading into practical ideas that you can implement in your classroom the next day.
Translating Research into Practice
In this seminar you will discover the tools to implement the Science of Reading in your classroom. With engaging presentations, research-based tools, and practice teaching, you will develop the skills to bridge theory and practice in your classroom and feel empowered to help your students become lifelong readers and writers.
| Foundations Track
Discover how Foundations provides evidence-based instruction for young students. Participants will be provided with a Handbook and a Participant Set.
Foundations materials will be available to borrow for model teaching and small group activities.
| Essentials Track
Discover how Essentials provides evidence-based instruction for older students. Participants will be provided with a Handbook and a Participant Set.
Essentials materials will be available to borrow for model teaching and small group activities.
SORT: A Place Where You Will Discover and Apply Evidence-Based Methods
In this training, we will draw connections between the phonograms and spelling rules that explain 98% of English words, the five strands of reading, the neuroscience of reading, the simple view of reading, and orthographic mapping. Together we will explore how the brain learns to read and discover how you can bring SOR to your classroom!
Tentative Agenda
June 20 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Welcome
- What is Reading?
- The Five Essential Skills of Reading
- Introduction to Logic of English Curriculum - Print and Online
- Phonemic Awareness
- Systematic Phonics
- Phonogram Group 1
- Handwriting
- Phonogram Group 2
June 21 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Finger Spelling
- Consonants and Vowels
- Spelling Analysis: One-Syllable Words
- How the Simple View of Reading Relates to How Your Brain Learns to Read
- Fluency and Grammar
- Phonogram Group 3
- Vowel Types and Syllables
June 22 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Spelling Analysis: Multi-Syllable Words
- Schwa and Say-to-Spell
- Spelling Analysis: Multi-Syllable Words and Schwa
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension Skills
- The Dolch Words Sort
- The Philosophy of Controlled Readers
June 23 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Certificates of Completion
- Literacy Statistics
- Assessments
- Intervention and Extension
- How to Run a Logic of English Training in Your School
What is Included?
Registration fees include the following materials for each participant:
- Training Materials: SORT Handbook, Phonogram & Spelling Rule Quick Reference, Sounding Out the Sight Words, Spelling Analysis Quick Reference, Uncovering the Logic of English, and Basic Phonogram Flash Cards
- Complimentary curriculum components for anyone following the Essentials Track or Foundations Track to use during small groups and practice teaching
- Certificate of Completion for 30 professional development hours in the Science of Reading
- An exclusive discount when purchasing Logic of English materials on site
Speakers
Denise Eide
Author of Uncovering the Logic of English and CEO and founder of Logic of English, Inc, Denise has worked with non-profit organizations to develop ESL curriculums. When her sons struggled to learn to read, Denise discovered that one of the core instructional tools used to help students with dyslexia is teaching them how English works. She has written more than eighteen books and numerous teaching tools!
Dr. Christy Jones
With a Doctorate in Education specializing in Reading and Literacy, Christy has written and co-written curriculum and books for Logic of English, Inc and is currently the eLearning team lead. She taught middle and high school for ten years in public schools. She has used Logic of English curriculum in the classroom, as an interventionist, and for South Carolina Summer Reading Camps. Christy decided to pursue her Doctorate in Education when she saw that many of her students couldn't read and that she did not have the proper tools to help them.
Hotel Accommodations and Travel
Hotels
The Logic of English Science of Reading Training will be located in downtown Rochester, MN.
Logic of English has reserved blocks of rooms at a discounted rate at the Rochester Marriott Mayo Clinic Area Hotel (on 1st Ave SW) and Kahler Grand Hotel (on 2nd Ave SW).
- The training is located in the ballroom on the second floor of the Rochester Marriott Mayo Clinic Area Hotel.
- The Kahler Grand Hotel is across Peace Plaza from the Marriott, with entrances from 2nd Ave SW (closest to the hotel registration desk), Center Street, and the Peace Plaza. There is indoor access to the training directly from the Kahler through the skyway on Level M.
Book at the Kahler Grand Hotel | Book at the Rochester Marriott Mayo Clinic
Transportation
Two airports service the Rochester area: MSP and RST.
- If flying into MSP, it is recommended to take a shuttle with either Groome Transportation or Rochester Shuttle Service. MSP is approximately a 1 hour and 20 min drive from Rochester.
- If flying into RST, it is recommended to take a shuttle with either Groome Transportation or Rochester Shuttle Service. RST is 8 miles from downtown Rochester.