Study Guides:
 • Chapter 1  • Chapter 2  • Chapter 3  • Chapter 4  • Chapter 5
 • Chapter 6  • Chapter 7  • Chapter 8  • Chapter 9  • Chapter 10

 • Grade 1  • Grade 2  • Grade 3  • Grade 4  • Grade 5  • Grade 6

Lotta Lara is a biliterate reading strategy that was developed in the Literacy Squared® Project as a means to promote reading fluency, comprehension, and oracy skills in both Spanish and English.
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Literacy Squared® has created a 6-part webinar series to help bilingual educators in their approach to phonics, phonemic awareness, and word work in kindergarten and first grade. Literacy Squared® is a trademarked and copyrighted program. No part of these videos may be reproduced, published, or broadcast without the prior written permission of Literacy Squared.

	Part 1 explains the place of phonics, phonemic awareness, and word work within the Literacy Squared Framework, including paired literacy, cross-language connections, the reciprocal relationship between reading and writing, and the gradual release of responsibility.
	Part 2 provides an overview of the theoretical framework for teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, and word work within Literacy Squared, including a whole-part-whole approach, universal aspects of literacy, and three ways of experiencing print.
	Part 3 shares ways to plan for phonics, phonemic awareness, and word work instruction.
	Part 4 shares concrete examples of how to embed letter-sound relationships and word work into Literacy Squared lessons.
	Part 5 shares a concrete example of how to embed phonics and word work in Literacy-Based ELD.
	Part 6 discusses the importance of cross-language connections to explicitly teach the similarities and differences between Spanish and English.