12/18/2022
How LETRS Supports Texas Reading Academies
Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS®) is comprehensive professional learning designed to provide educators with deep knowledge to be literacy and language experts in the Science of Reading.
LETRS teaches the skills needed to master the fundamentals of reading and writing instruction – phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and written language.
Texas Reading Academies Per House Bill 3 (HB 3), passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in June of 2019, all kindergarten through third-grade teachers and principals must attend a “teacher literacy achievement academy.”