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ELA Learning Gap Analysis & Support Tool
The Learning Gap Analysis & Support Tool was developed to assist educators and administrators as they identify the shifts in content or...
Text Features Guidance Document
This guidance document illustrates the progression of expectations for the knowledge and application of text features in grades K-5. Although...
Dr. Katie Jenner Reads Old Whiskers
Dr. Katie Jenner reads Old Whiskers, a book inspired by President Benjamin Harrison's grandson. Dr. Katie Jenner celebrates the birthday of...
Morphological Awareness
Understanding prefixes and suffixes and building knowledge about where words come from (or etymology) gives students the tools to decode new words...
Supporting Student Literacy in the Secondary Space
This professional development opportunity will provide insight into some of the common misconceptions and guidance for attending to the literacy...
ILEARN English/Language Arts Stimulus Specifications: Beginning School Year 2025-2026
The ILEARN English/Language Arts (ELA) Stimulus Specifications provide guidelines for the creation and/or selection of appropriate stimuli (including...
Nurturing Composition Development
In this session, Matt Glover will help participants see the amazing thinking that children are capable of when we notice, and, how children are...
Conferring with Young Writers
In this session, Matt Glover will help teachers become better at the most challenging and powerful part of teaching writing: conferring. ...
Daily and Year Long Structures for Supporting Writing
In this session, Matt Glover will provide possibilities and options for supporting students with whole-group instruction through writing-focused...
Google Read Along
Read Along is a free resource to help kids independently learn and build their reading skills with the help of an in-app reading buddy named Diya. As...
Word Reference
Word Reference is a free online dictionary with resources to conjugate verbs and offers audio pronunciations in the target language. This is a...
BookSnaps with Google Tools
UNPUBLISHED - BROKEN ATTRIBUTION LINKBookSnaps are an engaging way to bring the popularity of social media tools, like Snapchat, into the classroom...
The Power of Making Books
In this session presenter Matt Glover will show how making books is the foundation for supporting young writers. Writing is easier when students...
Using Images, Songs, Jokes to Extend a Child's Language
In this session, presenter Kathy Collins will show how teachers and caregivers can support children’s language development across the day in...
Support Young Children as Readers in Looking at Books
When young children look at books, there are many ways we can support their reading engagement, their reading comprehension, and their reading...
ILEARN Test Blueprint English Language Arts All Grades 2025-2026 | Through-Year ILEARN (Checkpoints) Assessment
These blueprints reflect the standards tested in each checkpoint for the Through-Year ILEARN (Checkpoints) Assessment pilot program.To see each grade...
25 High School English Activities You’ll Want To Try Right Away
No matter your content area or grade band, the quest for engaging and exciting lessons is never-ending. In this article from We Are Teachers,...
ILEARN Constructed Response Item Types and Scoring for English/Language Arts
This presentation covers the characteristics of different types of English/language arts (ELA) constructed response items and the methods for scoring...
Words and Worlds: Reading Aloud to Build Vocabularies
In this session, presenter Kathy Collins will share some practical ideas to help teachers and caregivers read aloud to children in ways that are both...
Revealing the Reading Brain
Michelle Elia believes that teachers are neurosurgeons, and after viewing this on-demand workshop, you will, too! Dive into this overview of the...
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