42. How to Have Fun with Phonics with Guest Aylin Claahsen

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There is a huge shift in how schools are teaching reading. They are moving away from Guided Reading and moving towards Science of Reading with a focus on phonics and phonemic awareness. Today, Aylin Claahsen is joining us to share her expertise on teaching younger students early literacy skills.

Ensuring that our ELLs are receiving the best literacy instruction we can give them is so important and Aylin is sharing so much helpful information with us! We are covering what the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics is, where to begin with phonemic awareness and phonics instruction, how literacy instruction is changing with the shift to Science of Reading, and fun and engaging ways to teach phonics.

Aylin is a certified reading specialist, literacy consultant and curriculum designer who loves sharing literacy tips for teaching readers. Specializing in Kindergarten-5th Grade, she can be found sharing literacy tips on her blog or social media at Literacy with Aylin Claahsen, or in her newsletter. Aylin has a huge passion for small group instruction as she’s seen the impact it has on readers of all ability levels. Writing engaging passages is one way that Aylin gets to connect with students and teachers all around the world. She believes that building confidence in readers is one of the most important things teachers can do.

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