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Family Friday Fun
Celebrate the last day of the Week of the Young Child in the Learning Lab by learning about resources and opportunities available to families on...
Learn and Grow with the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award for Ages 0-5
Join us and learn about the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award brought to you by the Indiana State Library and the Indiana Center for the Book, an...
CommonLit: An Online Library of Free Texts
CommonLit provides instructional materials to support literacy development aimed at students in grades 5-12. Included in their library are short...
Matching Titles to Readers with TeachingBooks
Find great books for every student using Text Complexity data. Discover TeachingBooks resources for book tasting and to engage readers including...
Station Rotation Model (K-5; ELA and Math focus) with Dr. Catlin Tucker
This session will focus on how elementary teachers can use the station rotation model in their ELA and math blocks to create more opportunities to...
Brisk Teaching
Brisk Teaching is a free AI Chrome extension that helps educators easily adjust the reading levels of articles through an integration with Google...
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...
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