Decoding Breakthrough

A Free Mini-Course for Kindergarten thru 5th Grade Educators

Learn how to take students from reading below grade-level to becoming confident decoders who can read fluently!

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FACT:

More Reading Practice

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Better Reading Fluency

 So many well-meaning educators think that if kids just practice reading more, they’ll eventually become fluent.

But here’s the truth:

👉 Repeated practice won’t build fluency if students haven’t yet developed strong decoding skills.

👉 In fact, more reading practice can actually frustrate struggling readers if they don’t know how to break words down first.

💡 What kids really need is targeted decoding instruction that helps them recognize word patterns, apply phonics knowledge, and read with automaticity.

That’s exactly what you’ll learn in the FREE mini-course:

Decoding Breakthrough
(for K-5 educators)!

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Inside, you'll learn clear, practical strategies you can use right away — so your students start making real, lasting progress.

You’ll get 5 short, high-impact training videos covering:

  • How to pinpoint why students are struggling with decoding or fluency
  • 8 powerful decoding strategies (backed by research!)
  • How to boost fluency—even with limited time
  • How to help students tackle longer, multisyllabic words
  • What to do when students keep guessing
  • Next steps to implement what you learn right away
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Two young students working together in a classroom. One is holding a pencil to write on a page and the other is leaning over to look.

If your students:

  • Struggle with blending

  • Say the sounds in a word correctly, but still can't read the word correctly

  • Guess at words

  • Don't know how to tackle longer words

  • Sound out lots of words (like every. single. one.)

  • Read sooo slooowly, not fluently

Then this mini-course was made for you!

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Introducing:

Decoding Breakthrough:

A Free Mini-Course for Kindergarten thru 5th Grade Educators!

Value = $78

Your cost = FREE!

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Here's what you'll get:

5 short but high-impact videos - packed with “try right away” strategies and the research behind them
1-hour professional development certificate for completing the mini-course
Word reading assessment to pinpoint the phonics skills that students most need to work on
Printable decoding activities
Decoding strategy posters
Limited-Time Bonus:

Receive a free Decode and Connect Resource when you complete the mini-course within 7 days of registering!

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Hi, I'm Alison, and I'm passionate about teaching literacy!

I'll be your instructor inside the Decoding Breakthrough Mini-Course. I hope you'll join me!

A little about me...

I've been working in schools since 2005 as a classroom teacher, reading interventionist, reading specialist, and Director of Curriculum & Instruction. I have a master’s degree in literacy leadership, am trained in the Orton Gillingham method, and am a CERI certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist (C-SLDS).

I've also written a book for teachers - The Phonics Playbook.

I've been blogging and creating resources, courses, and memberships for teachers for over a decade! This includes the Reading Intervention Collaborative and the Literacy Clubs, which have over 5,000 members (and counting)!

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Teacher Success Stories

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"This was probably one of the MOST impactful and valuable PDs I've taken in a while. Through your whole presentation, I had specific students who came to mind... I learned so many ways to identify their issues and target them with specific intervention strategies!"

- Molly F.

"I like that I am able to go at my own pace. Alison's videos are always SO engaging and relatable. I love that I can take it on right away. The "what, why, and how" is always there to back up every teaching move. I just can't get enough, and can't wait to bring back the thinking to my team."

- Maribel

"I am learning how to identify why students struggle with reading, and I have modified my interventions to align them to the Science of Reading. My students are receiving engaging phonics and fluency instruction thanks to the resources!"

- Lilia R.

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