Stages 1&2: Developing Decoding Fluency
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UNIT 1: Getting Started

1.1 Getting Started
1.2 RESOURCE LIBRARY - your Stages 1&2 Course Book is here
1.3 BOOK a Stages 1&2 START-UP WEBINAR
1.4 BOOK a ZOOM Coaching Session
UNIT 2: The Course Rationale

2.1 A Bit of SharpReading Theory for Stages 1&2
UNIT 3: The '5 Bits' Routine

3.1 An Introduction to the Stages 1&2 Routine
3.2 FAQs about the '5 Bits' routine
UNIT 4: "What's happening on this page?"

4.1 BIT 1: Frontloading the Page
4.2 Frontloading FAQs
UNIT 5: "Finger on the first word...GO?"

5.1 BIT 2: Monitoring the Students' Independent Practice
5.2 FAQs about Reading Along Support
UNIT 6: "Here comes the question!"

6.1 Bit 3: Asking a literal 'Right There' question.
UNIT 7: "Find the word..."

7.1 BIT 4: Selecting a Learning Outcome for the Lesson
7.2 FAQS about Learning Outcomes
UNIT 8: "What could happen next?" and the Second Reading

8.1 BIT 5: A prediction - a bridge to the next page
UNIT 9: Teacher Accreditation and Student Fluency

9.1 Teacher Accreditation - Get recognition for your hard work!
9.2 Next Steps - When are students ready to move on to Stage 3?

UNIT 4: "What's happening on this page?"

The next 5 units look more closely at each of the '5 Bits'. Unit 4 proivides a deeper explanation of why we frontload text and lots of practice to help you master this skill.

2 Lessons