This is the third webinar of a 3-part series hosted by IDA Ontario. In this webinar, Emily Moorhead discusses and shows ways to support learners’ growth toward reading through large group, small group, and individual instruction. She shares insights about group formation and models activities and games that provide engaging, targeted practice for children at…
Word Connections is a free downloadable supplemental reading intervention program that was developed for students in grades three to five who continue to struggle with word reading. This program includes 40 40-minute lessons designed to be delivered in small groups, 3 – 4 times per week.
This PaTTAN webinar featuring Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan focuses on structured literacy for English Language Learners, addressing evidence-based practices for the explicit instruction of oral language strategies within a structured literacy lesson. A variety of strategies are demonstrated.
In this podcast interview with Kate Winn and Dr. Sonia Cabell, the focus is on the importance of early language and literacy development. Dr. Cabell highlights key considerations for instruction in several areas: oral language and conversation, alphabetics, writing and spelling, and building knowledge.
In the EDView 360 podcast, Denise Eide discusses her book “Uncovering the Logic of English,” focusing on spelling rules and patterns in the language. She advocates for a systematic approach to spelling, emphasizing the importance of morphology and etymology in understanding word formation and meanings. The podcast provides valuable insights for anyone interested in gaining…
This webinar will support educators in determining oral reading fluency goals, specifically for accuracy and rate, and how to provide instruction for these goals in a small group setting. Michael Hunter provides examples of assessment with a focus on accuracy, error tracking using decodable texts, and how to provide small group instruction to first improve…
Explicit Instruction expert, Dr. Anita Archer, provides the rationale and overview of explicit instruction and its benefit for students. Archer provides a quick 5 minute overview of what Explicit Instruction is and isn’t, with concise and kind language. This resource can be used to for professional development and to begin discussion between educators on Explicit Instruction.
Dr. Carolyn Strom delves into the cognitive science of how children learn to read. Drawing from brain research, she highlights the crucial role of neural connections in the reading process, emphasizing that during early childhood the brain’s plasticity allows for the formation of neural pathways, paving the way for language acquisition and reading skills. Strom’s insights…
The Knowledge Gap is not a teacher resource book but instead a report from journalist Natalie Wexler which delves into concerns around decontextualized instruction in reading comprehension “skills”, and the need to ensure content knowledge is taught, as well as how comprehension skills and strategies can be successfully embedded within it. While Wexler’s observations and…
This quick, 2 minute video gives a brief overview of the 3 main layers of the English Language: Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek. A nice simple video to show students to help them understand that although English is complex, it makes sense, if you understand how they are put together (morphology).
This podcast explores how interconnected reading, writing, and content-rich curricula positively impact student learning. The episode also delves into the equity issues surrounding personal experience prompts, shedding light on the diverse challenges students face when engaging in such tasks.
A key component of the 2023 Language curriculum is explicit, systematic instruction. In this book, experts Anita Archer and Charles Hughes share the foundations of explicit instruction, how to design lessons based on subject skills/strategies as well as vocabulary/concepts, organizing for and delivering instruction, and providing appropriate independent practice – going from I do, to…
