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This collection contains science of reading early literacy instructional resources for district leaders.

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Considerations for Planning and Implementing Literacy Coaching
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Implementing literacy coaching is a complex process that includes several areas for consideration. District and school-level administrators, coaches, and teachers may be unaware of what they can do to help ensure coaches are as effective as possible in their role. Presented in this infographic are four specific areas shown from the research to be important when planning for and implementing literacy coaching.

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English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Institute of Education Sciences
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Do This, Not That
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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.

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English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
The Reading League
Date Added:
04/04/2024
Dyslexia Awareness—Using the Science of Reading to Support Students with Dyslexia in K–6
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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.

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English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Amplify
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
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"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).

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
What Works Clearinghouse
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Effective Practices for English Learners Brief 2 Assessment and Data-Based Decision-Making
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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.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
U.S. Office of Special Education Programs
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Establishing a Clear Vision for Schoolwide Data Use
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Establishing a whole-school culture of data use helps all stakeholders make thoughtful, consistent, and appropriate data-based decisions. Schools can develop a data plan and team to guide the use of data and to support a culture of data use. The data team can develop a shared vocabulary for critical concepts of data use and learning.

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English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Doing What Works Library of Resources
Date Added:
10/11/2023
Evidence-Based Assessment in the Science of Reading: Cheat sheet
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Assessment for learning plays a critical role in informing and driving literacy instruction. A comprehensive assessment system allows educators to adjust instruction to meet the specific needs of students, which is critical for students in terms of both the prevention of reading difficulties and intervention to remediate skill gaps. Use the infographic to help understand how and when to use universal screeners, diagnostic assessments, progress monitoring, and outcome evaluation to guide the literacy instruction and intervention.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
LD@school
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Evidence-Based Teaching Practices
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Teacher understanding of effective evidence-based practices is vital for supporting student achievement and closing achievement gaps. While many alternative pathway teachers know what content they must teach, many have never had classes on how to teach the content using evidence-based practices. This infographic is a quick reference guide containing evidence-based practices that can impact learning that teachers can use daily to support effective instruction.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Institute of Education Sciences
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Explaining Phonics Instruction: An Educator’s Guide
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The literacy brief from the International Literacy Association summarizes key points from research that will help teachers explain phonics to noneducators. The brief includes information about phonics for emerging
readers, phonological awareness, the layers of writing, word study instruction, approaches to teaching phonics, and teaching English learners. The references include research that supports the ideas presented and phonics resources that you can use and share with others.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
International Reading Association
Date Added:
12/14/2023
Explicit Instruction as the Essential Tool for Executing the Science of Reading
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The science of reading has established that explicit instruction is associated with beneficial outcomes for students and may be the secret sauce of instructional success. In this article, Vaughn and Fletcher examine and explain the five key components of effective explicit instruction. They include: segmenting complex skills into manageable tasks; modeling or thinking aloud to address the important features of the content; promoting successful engagement using faded supports and prompts; providing feedback, and creating purposeful practice opportunities.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
The Reading League
Date Added:
10/11/2023
Features of Effective Reading Instruction Overview
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The Science of Reading has identified features of effective instruction that work in combination and are the basis of high-quality reading instruction for all students. This PDF provides an overview and characteristics of each feature of effective reading instruction, including a scope and sequence, systematic instruction, explicit, scaffolded, and differentiated instruction. These evidence-based features work together to form the essentials of reading success.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
The Florida Center for Reading Research
Date Added:
10/11/2023
Identifying and Teaching Students with Significant Reading Problems
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The article by Vaughn and Fletcher discusses how a supportive, integrated general and special education system can be implemented within a multi-tiered system of support. Six steps that teachers can implement in their classrooms to support students with reading difficulties or with mild to moderate disabilities or dyslexia are provided.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
American Edcuator
Date Added:
10/11/2023
The Importance of Phonemic Awareness Instruction for African American Students
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The National Reading Panel (2000) identified phonemic awareness as one of the pivotal pillars in teaching students to read. Over two decades have passed, and children still experience difficulty with learning to read. This is especially true for many African American students who are more likely not to reach proficiency on literacy measures. This article details key phonological features of African-American English and provides teachers with practical classroom applications for phonemic awareness instruction so all students can demonstrate success.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
The Reading League
Date Added:
04/04/2024
Integrating Play Into Literacy Instruction: Interview with Tim Shanahan
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This video features an extended interview with Tim Shanahan, Ph.D., and includes descriptions of research-based recommendations from the What Works Clearinghouse about how to teach literacy to young students.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Institute of Education Sciences
Date Added:
02/15/2024
Intensifying literacy instruction: Essential practices
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The purpose of this document is to increase the capacity of practitioners and educational leaders to support a broad range of learners who need more literacy supports to become skilled readers and writers by identifying a set of essential practices that are research-supported and should be the focus of professional development throughout the state. These practices for intensifying literacy instruction apply to those learners with significant and persistent reading and writing challenges who have not responded when provided with instruction aligned with state academic standards, regardless of disability status.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Michigan Department of Education
Date Added:
10/11/2023
Literacy Instruction Strategies for Success: Multi-Tier Intervention in Primary Grades
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This video from REL Midwest discusses the most effective evidence-based practices for identifying and assisting struggling readers.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Regional Educational Laboratories
Date Added:
04/04/2024
The Magic is in the Instruction: The Science of Reading joins the Science of Instruction
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The International Dyslexia Association Georgia and The Reading League Georgia partnered to host Dr. Anita Archer as a presenter in their Structured Literacy Webinar Series. Dr. Archer details the necessity of teaching practices aligned in the Science of Instruction. When implementation of the Science of Instruction is consistent and effectively implemented, particularly for instruction aligned with the Science of Reading, improved student outcomes result.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
International Dyslexia Association Georgia
Date Added:
09/20/2023
Maximizing the Benefits of Small Group Instruction
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Teachers already know the importance of maximizing every minute of the literacy block. This webinar considers the benefits and costs of whole-group and small-group instruction and explores how data informs whether targeted interventions are needed in a whole-group or small-group setting. The webinar also examines scheduling options for maximizing the benefits of small-group instruction and provides practical comparisons of targeted small-group lessons versus generalized small-group lessons.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Primary Source
Date Added:
10/11/2023