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News in Slow
With simplified news articles with audio recordings, News in Slow is ideal for practicing reading and listening skills with current topics. Available...
Accountable Talk Language Stems and Features
Accountable talk in the classroom involves the kinds of discussions that move learning forward by promoting the use of academic language, encouraging...
Thinking Maps: The Building Blocks of Brain-Based Learning
Thinking maps are meant to be used across all grades and content areas as scaffolds for the critical thinking, problem-solving, comprehension, and...
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers and Word Maps
No matter how educators choose to develop students’ tier two and tier three vocabulary, what is important is that students are receiving targeted...
Education Endowment Foundation for Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools
According to the Education Endowment Foundation, through their synthesis of international educational research, these seven evidence-based...
Improving Literacy in Seconday Schools Self-Assessment
The Education Endowment Foundation has developed a self-assessment tool for this purpose. Combining this self-assessment tool with other means of...
Building Vocabulary and Conceptual Knowledge Using the Frayer Model
Using the Frayer model, teachers are able to intentionally incorporate the four elements of vocabulary instruction for tier two and tier three terms:...
Authentic Literacy Lesson: The Great Thanksgiving Listen
Part II of Reading and Writing for Real: Teach your students the power of literacy via interviewing and listening skills, outlined in the Indiana...
How Do Early Language Experiences Contribute to a Child’s Ability to Read?
In the video, from the National Center on Improving Literacy, the speaker explains how a child's ability to read is greatly influenced by their...
Imagination Library Family Resources - All Ages
Each month, Imagination Library mails participating children a free book. To support a love of reading and increase enjoyment, these family guides...
Imagination Library Family Resources for Children Born in 2022
Each month, Imagination Library mails participating children a free book. To support a love of reading and increase enjoyment, these family guides...
Imagination Library Family Resources for Children Born in 2021
Each month, Imagination Library mails participating children a free book. To support a love of reading and increase enjoyment, these family guides...
Imagination Library Family Resources for Children Born in 2020
Each month, Imagination Library mails participating children a free book. To support a love of reading and increase enjoyment, these family guides...
Imagination Library Family Resources for Children Born in 2023
Each month, Imagination Library mails participating children a free book. To support a love of reading and increase enjoyment, these family guides...
Word Recognition: Phoneme/Grapheme Knowledge and Orthographic Mapping Part II
The decoding strand of the reading rope addresses how readers recognize words. The alphabetic principle states letters and letter patterns...
The Knowledge Gap: What It Is and How to Narrow It
This presentation, facilitated by Natalie Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap, will explain why it’s important to start building knowledge early...
Repeated Read Alouds
This article from Reading Rockets provides details and benefits of repeated interactive read alouds in preschool and kindergarten.
Logging Students In on Epic!
This short tutorial will help guide you in how to log students into Epic! Epic! is a free digital library for students and classroom teachers with...
INSPIRE Homework Resources for Grades K-5 Tutorial
Are you looking for a place for students to conduct research? Perhaps your child needs a new place for books to read for pleasure. Check out INSPIRE!...
INSPIRE Homework Resources for Grades 9-12 Tutorial
Are you looking for a place for students to conduct research? Perhaps your child needs a new place for books to read for pleasure. Check...
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