Suitable for Parents
Overview
Supporting Literacy Development at Home
Presenter: Jodi DeVries
Learning Objectives:
After this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the complexity of literacy through the components of the Reading Rope and the Simple View of Reading.
- Implement some support for their children in their development of each of the components of the Reading Rope.
- Articulate the importance of skill development in a wide variety of reading subskills.
Session Overview
How can parents support their children’s literacy development at home, beyond reading with them and coaching them to “sound it out” when they stumble? This session will use the Simple View of Reading and the Reading Rope as a framework for exploring practical, easy-to-implement ways for parents to support their developing readers at home. The methods explored will be applicable for developing readers of all ages.
Jodi DeVries
Experienced educator, University of Alberta course instructor and Doctoral student in Special Education
Bio of Jodi DeVries
Jodi DeVries is an experienced educator with over 15 years of classroom teacher, including teaching middle school in Calgary and high school students with language-based learning disabilities in Massachusetts. Jodi completed her Masters of Education, at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her experience expands to creating literacy resources for teachers through Alberta Education and as a sessional instructor at Mount Royal University. Jodi is currently a PhD student in Special Education at the University of Alberta. Jodi is passionate about the need for knowledge and use of evidence-based literacy practices in schools, and works with many Alberta schools to support their capacity to deliver such instruction.
