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.
Phonics and Sight Words
Readers use letter sounds, spelling patterns, and common sight words to read and write.
Posted on: January 26, 2021
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.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Educational Video Programming and Literacy Learning
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Posted on: April 21, 2020
Three tips to keep in mind while watching TV as a home learning activity.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: A Guide for Families
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Posted on: April 14, 2020
The IRRC’s Supporting Your Children's and Teen's Home Learning Guide provides web resources by subject area and for assistive technology use, as well as tips for a successful home learning approach.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning Guide
In order to support families with children who may be participating in virtual instruction or otherwise learning at home, this guide offers tips on establishing home learning areas, improving the home-based learning experience, and utilizing web resources for students kindergarten-Grade 6 and Grades 7-12 in the subjects of English-language arts, science, social studies, and history. Web resources for assistive technology for home learning are also included for students with reading disabilities.
Effective Literacy Lesson: Teaching Consonant Digraphs
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Posted on: January 14, 2020
This decoding skill helps students read, understand, and independently spell words.
Consonant Digraph Cards
Cards that can be printed and used as part of a lesson teaching students to read, say, and spell words that have consonant digraphs. These cards feature the consonant digraphs ch and sh.
Spell the Word
This handout for practicing reading and spelling words with consonant digraphs contains pictures and partially spelled words that contain either the ch or sh digraph. Students will fill in the blank with the correct digraph to complete the spelling for the word that names what is shown in the picture above it.
An Explanation of Structured Literacy, and a Comparison to Balanced Literacy
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Posted on: April 9, 2019
An explicit or implicit approach to literacy learning? See why the former approach tends to work better for all learners.
Word Box Template
A graphic organizer designed to help students determine which letters represent the sounds heard in a given word. A graphic representing the word is provided with blank spaces for each sound to be filled in. Both a three-space and six-space word box are included.