Incorporating Oral Language Learning Throughout the School Day
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Posted on: September 28, 2021
Take three basic steps to implicitly and explicitly teach language to help develop this foundational skill for young students.
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Posted on: September 28, 2021
The ABCs of Alphabet Instruction
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Posted on: January 26, 2021
Things students should know about letters and why it is important that they know them for reading development.
Implementing a Shared Reading Intervention for Kindergarten Students During Remote Learning
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Posted on: December 8, 2020
Hear from the interventionalist from an IRRC evaluation project on her experiences with virtual vocabulary instruction.
The Role of Decodable Readers in Phonics Instruction
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Posted on: November 17, 2020
For beginning readers, these texts provide a focused and carefully planned opportunity to read words in sentences.
Research Brief: Predicting Dyslexia With Assessments of Foundational Reading Skills
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Posted on: October 6, 2020
Recap of a study about predicting students with reading disabilities, which is crucial to providing needed supports as early as possible.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Paired Oral Reading
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Posted on: July 7, 2020
Children can work on reading fluency and comprehension while reading along with a caregiver.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Engaging Preschool and Kindergarten-Aged children in Literacy-Focused Guided Play
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Posted on: May 19, 2020
Caregivers can implement three key elements to help grow literacy and pre-literacy skills.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Using a K-W-L Chart to Activate Background Knowledge
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Posted on: May 12, 2020
Use this approach to build knowledge about a topic while reading a book at home.
K-W-L Chart
This chart can be filled out by children when reading at home in order to support activation of background knowledge about the topic of a text they are reading. This is intended to help them better understand the text.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Use of Assistive Technology
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Posted on: May 5, 2020
Apps and extensions can help children who are struggling at home with reading and writing tasks.