One District’s Journey to Every Middle School Student Achieving Literacy Proficiency
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Posted on: June 4, 2019
Cedar Rapids schools are creating a shared literacy instructional vision and partnering with the Iowa Reading Research Center.
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Posted on: June 4, 2019
Filling the Gaps: Text Sets Build Background Knowledge and Improve Comprehension of Informational Texts
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Posted on: May 7, 2019
Consider the objective of the unit and what students already know, and then begin building a diverse set of texts for students to read.
Developing and Synchronizing the Various Aspects of the Individualized Education Program
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Posted on: March 26, 2019
Setting a goal, monitoring progress and deciding on specially designed instruction through an IEP can help students with reading disabilities achieve success.
Keyword Mnemonics: A Strategy to Build Content-Specific Vocabulary and Unlock Informational Texts
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Posted on: March 5, 2019
Teach students to create keyword cards with mnemonics to help unlock and remember the definitions.
Keyword Mnemonics Checklist
Students can use this checklist to make sure they are properly following all the components of the keyword mnemonics strategy in order to remember the definition of the target vocabulary word.
Family Preparation for an Individualized Education Program Meeting
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Posted on: February 19, 2019
Effectively advocate for your child with a disability’s literacy education by thinking through your hopes and concerns.
Family Questionnaire for Individualized Education Program
Family members provide answers about the educational experiences of their child with a learning disability. The insights provided can be used during an Individualized Education Program meeting and documented in the Individualized Education Program.
Improve Your Writing Using Mentor Texts
Questions about a mentor text guide discussion, help students organize their thoughts, and identify techniques and approaches from the example of good writing that students can use. The organizer can be used in a group or individual setting.
Using Mentor Texts to Learn From the Best and Improve Students’ Writing
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Posted on: January 22, 2019
Learn about selecting a good mentor text to teach students writing techniques and approaches through instruction and discussion.
Automaticity of Word Recognition Is a Unique Predictor of Reading Fluency in Middle-School Students
Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D.
Automaticity in word recognition has been hypothesized to be important in reading development (LaBerge & Samuels, 1974; Perfetti, 1985). However, when predicting educational outcomes, it is difficult to isolate the influence of automatic word recognition from factors such as processing speed or knowledge of grapheme-phoneme correspondences.