{"id":639,"date":"2021-02-20T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonicsdance.com\/Home\/index.php\/stage-shows\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T23:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T23:37:30","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phonicsdance.com\/Home\/index.php\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Virginia Dowd, educator, consultant and author is known for her dynamic and\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

motivating presentations. A recipient of the Martha Holden Jennings Master\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Teacher award in Ohio, Virginia has developed The Phonics Dance!\u2122, a\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

phenomenal program that teaches phonics combining fast-paced movement\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

with chants and rhymes. Children quickly begin to incorporate this knowledge\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

into their reading and writing. Her method integrates well with any style of\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

teaching language arts. Virginia’s teaching experience combined with her current\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

work in her classroom, keep Virginia in close touch with the realities of teaching\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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1. \u00a0Reach each and every student in the classroom. This
program needs no modifications. It is multilevel learning at it’s
enabling each one to have success no matter what their
developmental level.
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2. \u00a0Phonics instruction is easy and FUN. \u00a0Children naturally
engage in these motivational activities, building their own
literacy success.
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3. \u00a0Really use a word wall effectively. \u00a0Innovative ideas to
strengthen your classroom instruction.
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4. \u00a0Strong decoding skills build confidence and fluency. \u00a0These
activities will strengthen your students reading \u00a0and writing
skills at an amazing rate.
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5. \u00a0Increase reading accuracy and fluency with the use of
“hunking” and “chunking” activities. \u00a0Examples and
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6. \u00a0All of this in 5 minutes a day. Work Smarter. not harder. \u00a0In a
minimal amount of time, give your students a review of all
consonant, short and long vowels, digraphs and variant vowel
sounds that have been introduced through the program.
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7. \u00a0Raise their skills beyond their grade level expectations. \u00a0
Virginia’s methods introduce and reinforce sounds that take
students beyond their current grade level.
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8. \u00a0\u00a0Integrate your teaching. \u00a0Outstanding lessons will be
demonstrated using across-the-curriculum strategies, which help
students’ retention and motivation.
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9. \u00a0Writing, writing, and more writing. \u00a0Great daily writing ideas to
get your students started and keep them going.
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10. \u00a0How to do it all in YOUR classroom. \u00a0\u00a0Outstanding sample
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\u2014 Learn to Dance! upcoming events An outstanding seminar leader! Virginia Dowd, educator, consultant and author is known for her dynamic and\u00a0 motivating presentations. A recipient of the Martha Holden Jennings Master\u00a0 Teacher award in Ohio, Virginia has developed The Phonics Dance!™, a\u00a0 phenomenal program that teaches phonics combining fast-paced movement\u00a0 with chants and rhymes. …<\/p>\n

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