From Sounds to Print: Integrating Phonological Awareness, Reading, and Writing

Part of a two-day institute, Foundations for Reading Success: Oral Language to Print, this workshop gives educators a deep dive into the building blocks of literacy — oral language, vocabulary, and phonemic awareness — all grounded in the latest reading research.

This session helps educators translate research into engaging, print-based classroom practices — connecting sounds to print through game-based activities for early reading approaches that support decoding and meaning-making, and developmentally appropriate approaches to building the gross and fine motor skills essential for early writing. Leave with a fully planned, print-based literacy activity that integrates phonological awareness, early reading, and writing, ready for immediate classroom implementation.

Key Learning Objectives:

• strengthen early foundational skills instruction by implementing routines that build sound–spelling knowledge, including letter identification
• apply phonemic awareness skills to print-based activities that support early reading development
• learn and implement early reading strategies that support decoding and meaning-making
• develop and practice instructional approaches that support early writing skills
• design integrated literacy activities that connect reading, writing, and play, including planning a print-based lesson that incorporates phonological awareness, early reading, and writing