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Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) for Dyslexia Video
Maine Parent Federation and Main AIM Program
Watch a video that gives an overview of dyslexia and Accessible Instructional Materials to support children with dyslexia.
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ACCESS Class Weekly Record and Program Overview
Doing What Works
A school teacher uses this template designed by Jim Burke to help students who struggle with reading get organized, motivated, and set weekly academic goals. Learn more about her approach in the presentation, High School Academic Literacy Intervention Class.
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ACCESS Class Vocabulary Chart
Doing What Works
A reading intervention teacher, uses this vocabulary chart to provide secondary students with a structure for learning word meaning. Watch the presentation in the “See How” section of the “Intensive Intervention” collection, High School Academic Literacy Intervention Class, to see her classroom in action.
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Academic Supports for Students with Disabilities
EdResearch for Recovery
This brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students with disabilities during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document from the Center on Instruction
The Center on Instruction
This document was prepared to assist literacy specialists in the national Regional Comprehensive Center network as they work with states to improve educational policy and practice in the area of adolescent literacy.
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About Oceans: Integrating Language and Literacy Activities
Doing What Works
A preschool teacher discusses how she plans early literacy and language instruction, extends learning through teachable moments, and monitors student learning using a thematic unit on oceans.
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A Third-Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
REL Southeast
The information in this Third Grade Teacher’s Guide is designed to assist teachers in supporting out-of-school literacy activities that are aligned to classroom instruction, informed by student need, grounded in evidence-based practices, and facilitated by ongoing parent-teacher communication. The Teacher’s Guide provides a framework for literacy support activities presented during schools’ family literacy nights and parent-teacher conferences.
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A Teaching Routine for Academic Vocabulary in Grades PreK-1
REL West
This video walks viewers through a 3-step routine for teaching new vocabulary to young children that includes lots of opportunities to practice using the new word in different ways through repetition, images, sentence frames, and more. It can be adapted for at-home learning and to supplement family reading activities.
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A Second Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
REL Southeast
To assist you in helping families support literacy, the Georgia Department of Education partnered with the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast to create a suite of grade-specific Teacher’s Guides that certified teachers can use with families to encourage and facilitate literacy support for children at home.
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A Parent’s Guide to Effective Instruction Fact Sheet
Texas Partners Resource Network
Read a fact sheet that discusses effective reading instruction and how educators develop and implement effective instruction.
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A Nation of Readers: How State Chiefs Can Help Every Child Learn to Read
CCSSO
This resource delves into the four concrete actions that state leaders can take to support state leaders as they continue to address the critical issue of improving reading skills for all students.
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A Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
Institute of Education Sciences
This guide provides information for kindergarten teachers on how to support families as they practice foundational reading skills at home. It is a companion to the What Works Clearinghouse Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade.
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A Gradual Release of Responsibility
Doing What Works
Dr. Nell Duke describes the “gradual release of responsibility” instructional approach to reading instruction, which involves explicit modeling and opportunities for guided practice leading to students’ independent use of a particular skill or strategy.
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A First Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills
REL Southeast
This guide provides you with information on how to support families as they practice foundational reading skills at home.
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A Consumer’s Guide to Evaluating Supplemental and Intervention Reading Programs Grades K-3: A Critical Elements Analysis
Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL)
A PDF to help conduct a critical supplemental and intensive reading program review for local selection and adoption.
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A Consume’s Guide to Analyzing a Core Reading Program Grades K-3: A Critical Elements Analysis
Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL)
A PDF to help schools conduct a critical core reading program review for local selection and adoption.
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A Comprehensive K-3 Reading Assessment Plan: Guidance for School Leaders
The Center on Instruction
This guide provides detailed recommendations for implementing an assessment system from practical experiences in helping many school leaders implement successful plans.
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A Compliance and Management Review of the Dyslexia Pilot Programs of the Mississippi Department of Education
Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER)
This report describes findings from an evaluation of Mississippi’s dyslexia pilot programs.
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A Classroom Scenario
Doing What Works
In this interview, Dr. Curtis describes what good vocabulary instruction would look like in a classroom. She addresses the need for explicit instruction and multiple practice opportunities in a variety of contexts.
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A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas from Research for Parents (Kindergarten through Third Grade)
Partnership for Reading
This booklet describes activities that parents can do with their children to improve reading skills at specific ages from kindergarten through third grade.