Five Minute Focus: What is the Instructional Hierarchy?

Discover how the Instructional Hierarchy can help educators match instruction to students’ stages of learning for greater success and independence. This Five-Minute Focus slide deck highlights teachers can support students as they move from acquisition to fluency, generalization, and adaptation.

These Five-Minute Focus slide decks were designed with busy staff meetings in mind. Each deck highlights an important literacy topic and follows a practical, easy-to-use structure:

• What is it?
• Why is it important?
• Practical teaching tips for implementation
• Connected resources to deepen learning and support instruction

Complete with speaker notes to support presentation delivery, these short slide decks are an effective way to build educator knowledge, strengthen instructional capacity, and spark meaningful professional learning conversations.