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Guidance Documents for ELA Academic Standards

Join us as ELA content specialists from IDOE walk through a collection of guidance documents that have been developed to provide clarity for the...

Cybersafe: Staying Safe in an Online World

The Cybersafe program is designed to spur conversations between children and parents about staying safe in an increasingly online world. Through...

ILEARN Summary Writing Rubrics for Literary and Informational Text (Grades 4-8)

The ILEARN Summary Writing Rubrics are used with hand-scored, text entry item types for standards that assess summarizing literary or informational...

ILEARN Rubric: Research Writing

Research Writing Rubric for ILEARN Through-Year Summative Performance Task (Grades 3-8)

Ready...Set...GO!! Essential Resources for Educators

With a new school year on the horizon, educators across classrooms are embracing renewed focus and a commitment to intentional growth. To support...

ILEARN Checkpoint Guidance for Families Grade 5 | Color Copy

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) requires that all students in grades 3-8 participate in three ILEARN Checkpoints in addition to the ILEARN...

ILEARN Checkpoint Guidance for Families Grade 3 | Color Copy

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) requires that all students in grades 3-8 participate in three ILEARN Checkpoints in addition to the ILEARN...

ILEARN Checkpoint Guidance for Families Grade 4 | Color Copy

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) requires that all students in grades 3-8 participate in three ILEARN Checkpoints in addition to the ILEARN...

Teacher-Driven AI: Crafting Safe Spaces, Tools, and Tutors... Oh My!

Follow the yellow brick road to the future of education with teacher-driven AI. Just as Dorothy navigated the land of Oz with the help of her...

Demystifying AI: Essentials for Educators

Let's embark on an interactive journey to take AI from complex and intimidating to manageable and empowering. In this session, we will demystify AI...

AI in the Classroom Spotlight: Making Learning Visible

Matthew Pryor, Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools, will share about Snorkl, an adaptive learning software that tailors feedback to accommodate each...

AI in the Classroom Spotlight: Grades 5-6 Multilingual Learner Support

Eliza Talamantes and Kaleigh Hesher, Lafayette School Corporation, presented about how use the AI-powered reading coach Amira to provide personalized...

How to Pronounce the English Phonemes: An Interactive Demo

There are about 44 sounds in the English language. For many students, producing them will come naturally — they’ll listen to sounds and know how...

How to Use Decodable Texts

Decodable texts are simple passages or books made for beginning readers that serve a specific and critical purpose: lots of practice sounding out and...

Reading Universe: Fluency

Fluency is the ability to read accurately with automaticity and expression. It results largely from the mastery of underlying reading skills. When...

Reading Universe: Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate individual sounds within a spoken word. Explore Reading Universe's phonemic awareness...

Reading Universe: Phonics

Phonics is method for teaching children the relationship between spoken sounds and written letters so they can learn to read and write. Explore...

Reading Universe: Explore Teaching Topics

Use the advanced filter below to find lesson plans, teaching strategies, videos, skill explainers, printables, and more. Sort by topic, resource...

How Children Learn to Read with Margaret Goldberg

In this timely talk, Margaret Goldberg gives a concise and clear explanation of the science of reading and how it makes sense in her own teaching...

10 Maxims: What We've Learned So Far About How Children Learn to Read

Dr. G. Reid Lyon lays out the most important insights gleaned from the last 50 years of research on reading development.