English Phonics for the Bilingual Classroom


    This two-day training event adapts Johnny Can Spell to secondary classroom instruction. Johnny Can Spell is not a curriculum nor a program. It is an instructional approach to teaching foundational knowledge and skills of English.

    Teachers are equipped for integrated instruction in phonological awareness which includes phonemic awareness, phonics, and spelling. Model teaching is a key component of the training. It enables teachers to visualize application of the training with their students.


    "The presentation was effective because it was engaging...
    a good WOW presentation."

    "I’m surprised at how simple lessons in phonics
    can go a long way with students."

    "Since I’ve taken linguistics courses before,
    much of this was review, but wow!
    How wonderful the review was!"

Participants learn...


  • Knowledge of the 44 English phonemes and 24 Spanish phonemes
  • How to teach the 70 common English phonograms
  • Word analysis with Think to Spell®
  • Simple classroom activities for developing phonemic awareness

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