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Professional Development by Michael F Opitz

Effective Oral Reading Strategies

Michael F Opitz

Product Type: Workshop
Grade:

This workshop is designed to help you understand the place of oral reading in a balanced reading program. It offers many alternatives to round robin reading - an outmoded practice that prohibits rather than facilitates growth in reading. Presented by a nationally recognized speaker, author, and teacher, every alternative is research-based,... more

Literature and Language Play for Phonological Awareness

Michael F Opitz

Product Type: Course
Grade: K-2

Course DescriptionThe purpose of this course is to provide information about phonological awareness -- what it is and isn't -- and to provide suggestions for meaningful ways to enhance phonological awareness. Particular emphasis is on how to use children's literature to develop a sensitivity and an ear for aspects of language such... more