If you have read “Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through Third-Grade,” then you will appreciate this companion piece to help pre-service and new teachers with foundational reading. It includes 38 videos on foundational reading skills.
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Progress Monitoring: Reading
This Progress Monitoring: Reading professional learning module builds educator knowledge in how to generate useful feedback for gauging independent student reading development over time within the elementary classroom. Provided by the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University, the module entails approximately two hours of self-study with optional credit and micro-credentialing features. Users consider the guiding questions, watch numerous brief video clips, […]
Professional Learning Communities Facilitator’s Guide for the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School
For use in professional learning communities (PLCs), this Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest facilitator’s guide supports the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) practice guide titled Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School. The facilitator’s guide engages educators in a five-step collaborative and cyclical process to build teacher knowledge and application of evidence-based strategies appropriate for […]
Implementing Evidence-based Literacy Practices
This Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast infographic provides an overview of select evidence-based resources available to literacy leaders for use in self-study and professional learning communities (PLCs). The roadmap serves as a navigation tool with direct links to various videos and guidance documents. It charts eight steps for users to traverse across an evidence-based course of action that operationalizes data to […]