The Just Words® Virtual Launch Workshop provides the practice and guidance needed to effectively begin teaching the Just Words curriculum. The workshop covers an overview of the program, a dive into the materials and resources needed to teach Just Words, and a look at how to use the instructor Manual, including practice planning a lesson. It wraps up with a chance to see Just Words in action, debrief and look at what “next steps” will help participants kick off their Just Words instruction.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants are able to:

• Identify the skills taught      in Just Words: phonics and word study (phonemic awareness, six basic      syllable types in English, spelling rules, common Latin roots, prefixes,      and suffixes), vocabulary study, and high frequency words.

• Understand the principles of      instruction: explicit, sequential, and cumulative instruction that engages      multiple learning modalities using multisensory instruction, repetition,      and immediate, specific feedback.

• Identify and understand the      use of all materials in the Just Words Teacher’s Kit and have a sense of      how to find and use the many extended resources available on the Just Words® Learning      Community (membership included      with participation in this workshop).

• Use the Instructor Manual to      prepare a daily learning plan and practice lesson activity procedures;

• Visualize the flow and pace      of a full Just Words lesson completed with fidelity.

• Identify students who may be      appropriate for a Just Words class and understand how to assess students’      progress in the class by using Progress Checks at the beginning of each      Unit and with the Unit Test at the end of each Unit.