BLAST: A Multi-Grade Literacy Intervention
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BLAST: A Multi-Grade Literacy Intervention
| Facilitator(s): |
Nancy MacLellan |
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| Date: | This is a multi-day event.
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| Cost: |
$40.00 (CAD) |
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| Location: |
Virtual |
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| Course code: | 21-LI-079-CARC |
Target Audience
Teachers, Educational Assistants
About this learning opportunity
How can a school develop and implement a comprehensive literacy intervention block to support the skill development for all primary students? This two part series will highlight how one K-3 school implements a school wide intervention block to improve literacy levels for all students. In our BLAST (Basic Literacy Acquisition Skills Time) program, each student’s phonemic awareness and phonics skills are assessed and students are placed in small, flexible groups to receive instruction on a specific reading or pre-reading skill (such as rhyming, letter sounds, blends, long vowels, etc.). For a half hour every day, students travel to their assigned meeting place and work with a member of the school staff. Come learn about this locally-developed program, with numerous samples and resources shared.
This learning opportunity is being subsidized through funding from Alberta Education.
About the facilitator(s)
Language and Literacy Teacher - Oscar Adolphson Primary School, Northern Gateway Public Schools
Nancy has been an educator for more than 20 years, with experience teaching classes from Kindergarten to Jr High. She has taught in a wide variety of settings from a high needs urban school to a multi-level classroom in a remote Inuit community. She has completed her 12th year teaching in Alberta and is currently working in a JK to grade 3 school as a Language and Literacy teacher. She provides literacy intervention for students in grades one to three, supports teachers in building language skills in the classroom and oversees the delivery of inclusive education programming.