Reading Multisyllable Words with Xavier
In this video, Linda Farrell demonstrates a lesson focused on teaching a flexible strategy for decoding multisyllabic words.
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Spin, Name, and Spell with Beginning Digraphs
This free printable resource for teachers is designed to help students build reading skills related to beginning digraphs.
Break the Code with Short Vowels
In this activity, students practice recognizing, sounding out, blending and reading words with short vowels.
Letter Formation Student Desk Chart
Use these desk strips as a visual support for students, as well as a helpful reminder of the strokes for correct letter formation.
How to Teach Letter Formation
This practical guide from Reading Universe is packed with educator tips and resources to teach letter formation.
Phoneme Awareness Word List
This document provides a list of words for phonemic awareness instruction, with words carefully organized by number of sounds and stop/continuant sounds.
Self-Regulated Strategy Development To Enhance Reading and Writing
This PaTTAN webinar focuses on Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), an evidence-based framework for teaching strategies for reading and writing. Research indicates that SRSD is an incredibly effective approach to teaching writing. SRSD is a structured yet flexible approach that has been proven effective for students of all ages, from Kindergarten to university level. A padlet with…
Martha Kovack: How to Organize a 90 Minute Daily Schedule for Grade 1
This IDA Ontario webinar focuses on how to implement a Structured Literacy Block in Grade One by breaking down the learning day into three different sections. The first block is about Oral language, knowledge, Language Comprehension, Vocabulary and Fluency. The second block is building Word Recognition skills through systematic and explicit instruction. The third block…
Reading Road Trip: Mighty Moves for Reading Success with Lindsay Kemeny
In this podcast episode, Lindsay Kemeny highlights the “7 Mighty Moves” she made to align her early literacy instruction with research. Moves include teaching phonemic awareness with intention, teaching phonics explicitly and systematically, teaching decoding strategies, using decodable texts for beginning readers, encouraging more decoding of high-frequency words, providing meaningful fluency practice, and embracing vocabulary…
Sample Junior/Intermediate Language Block
This document shows a sample schedule for a language block in the junior or intermediate grades.
Is ORF Useful in Grades 3 – 6?
Dr. Stephanie Stollar highlights ideas for using Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) assessment data for screening, designing instruction, and monitoring progress in the junior grades.
Reading Road Trip: Inside the Reading Brain with Dr. Carolyn Strom
In this episode, Kate Winn is joined by Dr. Carolyn Strom for a conversation about the reading brain. What are the neural underpinnings of how students learn to read? How can research in this field help us in the classroom?