Teaching Pre-Reading Skills Short Class - Seattle, Washington

Teaching Pre-Reading Skills Short Class - Seattle, Washington

with Bonnie Meyer

PLEASE NOTE THE SCHEDULE BELOW: ALL TIMES PACIFIC

Class Begins: Monday, June 29, 2026

Class Ends: Wednesday, July 1, 2026

• Meeting Times: M-W (8a.m. - 12p.m.)

This class offers instruction based on the work of Beth H. Slingerland for professionals working with preschool through first grade students and students developing pre-reading skills. The content of the class includes some precursors to formal reading: oral language, phonemic awareness, and the sight, sound and formation of each letter of the alphabet. These beginning multisensory skills can prevent failure and give children the foundation needed for future success with formal reading, writing and spelling.

Class materials are included with the price.

Instructor: Bonnie Meyer

Bonnie Meyer is the former Executive Director and Dean of Faculty of the Slingerland® Literacy Institute. She serves as the Director of Support Services and Reading Specialist at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School in Seattle, WA.  She is a Certified Slingerland Instructor of Teachers and has spent more than 35 years training teachers and teaching students.  Prior presentations include the IDA, WABIDA, LDA, and Teacher Excellence Day for the Archdiocese of Seattle.

CLASS DETAILS

Slingerland Short classes focus on a single element of literacy instruction. Classes provide teachers and tutors with necessary background information and scaffolded practice to implement these strategies with students.

Class objectives

• To recognize what students need to know before they learn to read

• To explore the major components of reading acquisition 

• To describe typical oral language development and its relation to reading and writing

• To identify indicators of reading problems and characteristics of language/learning disabilities

• To introduce, demonstrate, and practice all elements of the Slingerland® Approach related to teaching pre-reading skills

• To apply current formative assessment strategies for beginning readers

Learner Outcomes

• Plans and implements lessons intended to meet students’ physical and emotional needs for reading

• Recognizes the modalities for language learning (auditory, visual, kinesthetic-motor) and their integration

• Explain the typical development of oral language and its relationship to learning to read

• To plan and implement the Slingerland® Approach in a pre-reading lesson that

  • fosters good oral language skills – listening and speaking

  • develops phonological awareness activities in the classroom

  • introduces sight, sound, form, and key-word for new letters of the alphabet

  • practices sight, sound, form, and key-word for known letters of the alphabet

• Individualize pre-reading activities to meet the needs of individual students

• Identify characteristics of language/learning disabilities and reading problems

• Build awareness of current assessment strategies

• Identify common indicators of reading problems

We hope you can join us!

Graduate Level Extension Credit Available

These classes are 12.5 classroom hours each and are approved for one graduate level extension credits through the University of San Diego. The credits are not part of a degree program and are at the option of the teacher/participant.

**For USD graduate level extension credit, you must register ON or BEFORE the first day of the class you choose.