Digital PD: Johnny Can Spell Word Study
2025-04-01 - 2025-09-30 | Online at PD.alicenine.net
Systematic, Explicit Phonics Integrated with Handwriting and Spelling

DATES: Any. Fit your schedule. Registration is always OPEN . Although begin/end dates are listed on our calendar, the course will actually begin for you on the day you complete registration, and your enrollment will be for 180 days.
FORMAT: DIGITAL (online) PD, self-paced independent study, work at your convenience, self-paced, independent study

ACCESS: 24/7 from anywhere there’s an internet connection and a device to receive it

ONLINE ADDRESS: Alice Nine Professional Development Center

COST: $145
View / Print: Brochure and Registration Form and Materials Listing.
Purchase online at Alice Nine’s Store
Workshop Summary
Alice Nine will show you how to integrate the following during Word Study lessons, without worksheets:

phonemic awareness with sounds and syllables —
systematic, explicit phonics —
handwriting instruction —
spelling practice —
word grammar —
and how-to sound out words for both reading and writing
TEXAS TEACHERS!!
Aligns with ELA TEKS

Daily Word Study with content (phonograms and words) and routines of JCSpell provide ongoing opportunities to address
Strand 1– The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell (encode) during the daily JCSpell lesson routines, i,e., Think to Spell, Word Talk. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively through oral and written sentences during Word Talk.
Strand 6 — The student composes legible texts during I-Work. The student composes sentences and uses appropriate conventions during I-Work.
Who should enroll?
Teachers and parents working with students in grades K-3. Recommended for anyone working with struggling readers. Especially great for ELLs. Alice Nine recommends this training for core instruction; however, it can be used in Tier 2 intervention, especially at intermediate and secondary level.
Course Features:
Course Outline Print / View.
Enrollment period — 180 days.
Course Materials Notes and Handouts are linked in this course to download and print.
General Access –24/7 access.
Progress Reports conclude each Session and provide record of your work.
Reflect & Write activities give you a chance to share personally with Alice Nine.
Course Office Hours (optional) are a face-to-face Q&A time.
Work Logs are available to campus professional development facilitator.
Certificate of Completion with your name is available upon completion of course requirements (24 clock hours).
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on Registration Form. Please note: Course enrollment may be purchased with credit card at our Online Store
2) Our PD facilitator will create an account for you, complete your enrollment, and send you a Welcome Email within one business day.
View / Print: Brochure and Registration Form and Materials Listing.
Purchase online at Alice Nine’s Store (NINE Enterprises).
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What is Johnny Can Spell (JCSpell) #JCSpell ?
JCSpell is not a curriculum. JCSpell is not a program.
JCSpell is an instructional design that offers you a systematic, explicit approach for integrated ELA instruction.
Who is the course instructor?
For over three decades Alice Nine, a teacher of teachers, has provided professional development to thousands of teachers across the United States. Her passion is literacy and classroom instruction. Alice, creator of Johnny Can Spell-Write and Grammar Boot Camps, has written fifteen teacher manuals, including her most recent Alice Nine Sentence Writing Book 1 Lessons Guide. These manuals are available in our online store. Alice has also produced hundreds of student-facing lesson videos available in courses at Academy.AliceNine.net. Beyond her experience as an educator, she worked as a copy editor for several years and has done ghost writing.

Alice Nine, creator of Johnny Can Spell, Is the sole provider of JCSpell workshops.
