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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...

National Parks Service Educator Resources

This resource from the National Park Service is a searchable warehouse of lesson ideas, virtual tours, virtual field trips, and even materials for...

The Nuts n' Bolts of Aligning a Multi-tiered System of Support

Data-based individualization offers schools a framework for intensifying instruction while maintaining alignment across tiers of an MTSS.  Join...

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...

Reciprocal Reading

Sometimes called Reciprocal Teaching, Reciprocal Reading refers to an instructional reading activity in which students become the teacher in a small...

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...

Sticky Notes Annotation Strategy

This strategy employs the use of sticky notes to annotate texts in order to notice and note or stop and jot connections, questions, key takeaways,...

Double Entry Journal Annotation Strategy

This strategy may be used during reading or listening tasks. The student divides journal pages in half with the left side of the page devoted to...

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...

NGSS Venn Diagram for Commonalities Among the Practices

This Venn Diagram illustrates some of the commonalities regarding literacy skills across and among three of the core content areas.This resource was...

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:...

English/Language Arts Grades 3-5 Vertical Articulation Guide

The 2023 Indiana Academic Standards Vertical Articulation Guide serves to support educators in planning instruction that builds upon foundational...

English/Language Arts Early Learning-Grade 2 Vertical Articulation Guide

The 2023 Indiana Academic Standards Vertical Articulation Guide serves to support educators in planning instruction that builds upon foundational...

Google Slides: Build a Snowman Template

If you're looking for a way to help your students learn and use Google Slides in an interactive way, this Build a Snowman template, created by Eric...

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...

Leaders & Coaches - Growing a Green Light Culture that Fosters a Love for Literacy

To access this workshop, after selecting "View this resource," you will be asked to complete a short registration form. If you choose not to...

Leaders & Coaches - Building Lifelong Readers

To access this workshop, after selecting "View this resource," you will be asked to complete a short registration form. If you choose not to...

Science of Reading Implementation: Indiana's Priorities for Early Learning

This session shares details regarding Indiana’s Priorities of Early Literacy and recent legislation to help educators, school leaders, and literacy...