This infographic depicts the five components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and vocabulary all build up to reading comprehension, which is the goal of reading.

This video is a short overview of what fluency with text is, why it's important, and a few tips on how to teach it.

This is a short overview from the National Center on Improving Literacy of what phonemic awareness is, why it's important, and a few tips on how to teach it.

This video is a short overview of what phonics is, why it's important, and a few tips on how to teach it.

This episode focuses on phonological awareness. Reading expert Linda Farrell helps kindergartener Autumn learn to blend two parts of a syllable (onset and rime). Watch how Ms. Farrell gives Autumn explicit practice with onset and rime — a core phonological awareness skill that helps kids recognize and blend sound chunks within syllables

This is a sample lesson with the objective that students will increase their fluency at identifying known letter sounds.

Go inside Cathy Doyle's second-grade classroom to observe her students learning the list-group-label strategy. This video introduces the strategy and highlights the vocabulary and comprehension skills that list-group-label supports.

This recommended practice focuses on how teachers can foster an engaged community of writers by writing together with students, providing choice, and encouraging collaboration and feedback among students. This presentation gives ideas about how to create an engaged community where students feel safe. The two tools associated with this recommended practice are designed to help teachers plan collaborative writing lessons and reflect on current practices in building a community of writers.

In this webinar, Dr. Mathes shares research on what is possible towards having students that no longer experience severe reading problems. She shares what we know in terms of research, including brain research, what interventions have been shown to be highly effective, and the ages at which we get the best effects for these kids.

This infographic dissects some reading instructional practices to highlight whether or not they are aligned with the science of reading and determine if they have the green light to use with all learners. This infographic will help teachers build a repertoire of direct and systematic instructional practices that will allow our students to access text effectively and efficiently.

Watch a video of a first grader reading correctly, smoothly, and at a natural speed.

Watch a video of a second grader fluently reading. She reads smoothly, at a natural speed, and with expression.

Watch a video of a third grader fluently reading. She reads smoothly, at a natural speed, and with expression.

Watch a video of a kindergarten student fluently reading, and rereading to more accurately read punctuation.

Panelists, including Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, discuss key features of structured literacy within K-6 literacy systems. They highlight the importance of teaching systematically and explicitly to improve student outcomes.

This podcast interview with Drs. Piasta and Hudson discusses teacher content/pedagogical knowledge, phonological awareness instruction, and phonics instruction, why it all matters, and what it means for instruction.

"The target audience for this guide is a broad spectrum of school practitioners such as administrators, curriculum specialists, coaches, staff development specialists and teachers who face the challenge of providing effective literacy instruction for English language learners in the elementary grades. The guide also aims to reach district-level administrators who develop practice and policy options for their schools" (IES, 2007).

This brief is designed to support practitioners, instructional coaches, and school leaders in designing and implementing procedures for choosing literacy assessments, analyzing data, setting criteria, and making decisions based on student data when implementing multitiered systems of support that accommodates English learners (ELs). Classroom teachers and EL interventionists will find this brief helpful for selecting measures, making group and individual decisions, and monitoring student progress across languages. This brief uses scientific evidence from research to share a framework for assessment and data-based decision-making to improve literacy instruction for ELs. This brief also addresses issues that school and district personnel frequently encounter when designing and implementing tiered instruction in schools that implement bilingual programs or that serve ELs in English as a second language programs.

This fact sheet from the International Dyslexia Association provides information about important considerations when evaluating English learners for dyslexia. Classroom teachers may find it helpful as they observe students for possible referral for further assessment. It also includes guidelines for assessment specialists who may provide screening and assessment support.