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6 Strategies for Teaching Multisyllabic Word Reading
Curious about the best way to teach students to read multisyllabic words? Check out this explainer from two researchers who study multisyllabic word reading.
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MTSS: Raising Reading Outcomes
Hear the story of dedicated educators working together to put in place a full MTSS framework (Tiers 1-3) to support ALL students. This webinar focuses on a partnership between Mount St. Joseph University and a local school; the main investigator and school administration share their journey.
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REWARDS Training Videos
REWARDS is a research-validated, specialized reading intervention program designed for students in junior, intermediate and senior grades. There are three YouTube videos for different versions of the program: REWARDS Intermediate, REWARDS Secondary, and REWARDS Social Studies.
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Teaching TV: Learning With Television
In the « Teaching TV: Learning with Television » lesson from Elizabeth Verrall’s five-part unit for elementary classrooms, students are introduced to television as an informative source and its presentation from specific perspectives. The lesson aims to cultivate students’ ability to derive information from media, identify and use information from various sources, including television, recognize informative TV…
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Teaching TV: Television Techniques
The « Teaching TV: Television Techniques » lesson, a component of Elizabeth Verrall’s comprehensive five-part unit for elementary education, offers educators valuable insights for incorporating TV education in classrooms. By guiding students in creating their own media productions, the lesson imparts a practical understanding of how technology and film techniques are harnessed in television to convey meaning…
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Teaching TV: Film Production: Who Does What?
The « Teaching TV: Film Production: Who Does What? » lesson, a component of Elizabeth Verrall’s five-part unit for elementary classrooms, offers educators a valuable framework for teaching TV. This lesson engages students in exploring the world of television and film production, fostering an understanding of the equipment used and the roles undertaken by various production team…
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Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller
The « Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller » lesson, within Elizabeth Verrall’s comprehensive five-part unit, equips teachers with creative strategies for TV education in elementary classrooms. This lesson guides students in exploring television’s role as a narrative medium. Key learning outcomes encompass understanding how media products convey stories, recognizing elements like characters, mood, setting, and…
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Teaching Summary Writing to Support Comprehension
Watching this webinar from PaTTAN, you will learn why summarizing has been identified through research as highly effective for developing comprehension and writing. It defines a quality summary and how it differs from retelling or paraphrasing. Practical suggestions for explicitly teaching summary writing based on text and non-text sources will be shared, including scaffolds. The…
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Literacy Learning for Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers
This book is an excellent, reader-friendly resource for kindergarten teachers and Early Childhood Educators. While infant and toddler development takes place before the Ontario curriculum kicks in, the authors are American. Their recommendations for preschoolers generally align with the age of our Year 1 kindergarten students. Much of the research and advice in the book…
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Teacher’s Guide to Effective Sentence Writing
Sentence combining is an evidence-based practice that helps students improve both their writing skills and reading comprehension. In this valuable book, the author outlines the importance of the sentence and what sentence combining actually is, as well as how to teach and assess it. Also included: multiple examples at different levels that teachers from Grades…
