Recording of Donna Marcantonio: Living Language: A Patterned Approach & Strategies for Bringing Grammar and Syntax to Life Webinar Parents/Guardians The translations were created by

The translations were created by a bilingual speech language pathologist who found great success with Lively Letters while working with her inner city Spanish-speaking students who had weaknesses in phonological awareness

language-rich environments that support spontaneous language use and participation in classrooms and therapy sessions

and when one falls the other two fall as well

neurodiversity-affirming care

teacher trainer

Recording of Donna Marcantonio: Living Language: A Patterned Approach & Strategies for Bringing Grammar and Syntax to Life Webinar Parents/Guardians The translations were created byPresenter: Donna Marcantonio M. S. Ed. Brain studies show that working with patterns builds comprehension and memory. Teaching underlying patterns and relationships organizes fragmented information into meaningful, memorable parts and wholes. Though often omitted, taught as isolated skills and relegated to writing instruction, grammar and syntax are foundational for building vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension during reading instruction. This