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 2: The Course Rationale

Unit 2 provides you with the thinking behind these SharpReading stages and the connections we have made to the Science of Reading and the Science of Learning when we put this training together.

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