Developed by Dr. Louisa Moats, LETRS is a professional development program that provides teachers with an understanding of:

• How students learn to read and write

• The reasons why some students fail to learn to read, spell or write

• The instructional strategies best supported by research
  
  

Sessions may be presented on-site by request. A workbook fee may apply.

LETRS Modules 2nd Edition

LETRS training sessions offered by Training & Consultation (TaC)

Module 1:  The Challenge of Learning to Read* 

Module 2:  The Speech Sounds of English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Phoneme Awareness

Module 3:  Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works Module 3:  Spellography for Teachers: How English Spelling Works

Module 4:  The Mighty Word: Building Vocabulary and Oral Language

Module 5:  Getting Up to Speed: Developing Fluency

Module 6:  Digging for Meaning: Teaching Text Comprehension

Module 7:  Teaching Phonics, Word Study, and the Alphabetic Principle

Module 8:  Assessment for Prevention and Early Intervention

Module 9:  Teaching Beginning Spelling and Writing

Module 10: Reading Big Words: Syllabication and Advanced Decoding

* Module 1 is a pre-requisite for attending any later modules.

Completion of Modules 1-3 is recommended, prior to participation in additional modules. Later modules do not have to be completed in order.

Contact AIU Training and Consultation Coordinator:

Kate Stuckey
412-394-5846

Training Opportunities:

You can find our training opportunities held at the AIU on the Training & Consultation (TaC) Calendar, TaC Professional Development Offerings 2022-2023 and listed in the Act 48 Workshops.