The Windward Institute

Laying the Foundation: Phonemic Awareness Routines That Work
2025-11-12 09:00 - 11:30 UTC | https://thewindwardinstitute.org/event/laying-the-foundation-phonemic-awareness-routines-that-work/
Price: $ 150
Date: Wednesday, November 12th from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET
Instructors: Nicole Berkowitz, MS, CCC-SLP and Diane Happas, MA CCC-SLP
Grades: PK-3
Why this Workshop:
Phonemic awareness is essential for early reading success, yet many students struggle with sound recognition, blending, and segmentation. This interactive workshop will help educators understand the role of phonemic awareness in literacy development and provide actionable ways to support it in daily instruction. The session will highlight engaging activities that benefit all learners and can be easily incorporated into any early literacy program. Participants will explore common challenges—such as difficulty distinguishing similar sounds or manipulating phonemes—as well as effective scaffolding and intervention strategies.

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand the role of phonemic awareness in early literacy and its connection to decoding, spelling, and fluent reading
Identify common areas of difficulty—including sound discrimination, blending, and segmentation—and recognize how these challenges may appear in student performance
Explore a variety of adaptable routines and games to build phonemic awareness across student skill levels
Gain ready-to-use tools and routines that align with phonemic awareness goals and fit within any curriculum

Comprehension Strategies for Every Subject
2025-11-12 16:30 - 18:30 | NY
Price: $ 120
Date: Wednesday, November 12th from 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. ET
Instructors: Alison Leveque, PhD and Sarah Martin, EdD
Grades: 2-8
Why this Workshop:
Students encounter complex texts across all subject areas. This workshop explores practical strategies to help learners analyze, interpret, and synthesize text-based information across various academic disciplines. Participants will learn practical strategies to strengthen students’ comprehension and reasoning skills, while navigating challenging texts with greater purpose and precision.
Key Learning Objectives:

Learn before-, during-, and after-reading strategies that support comprehension across a variety of text types

Implement effective vocabulary instruction for conceptual understanding, retention, and transfer
Integrate short, purposeful writing tasks to reinforce understanding and build critical thinking skills

Leave with a toolkit of strategies, templates, and checklists to make the most of content literacy across subjects
