Phonemic awareness instructional programs are commonly used, but they may not always be fully aligned with research. These slides walk through several ways commercial products can be adapted, in both content and delivery, to provide the most effective phonemic awareness instruction. Details 16 slides, for a 15 minute presentation, with an opportunity for a collaborative…
Seven Mighty Moves: Science-Based, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-3 Reading Success is a practical book, written by teacher and author Lindsay Kemeny, that outlines seven “moves” to align instruction with reading research. Use these slides to support a book study in your school or board. Developed by Kate Winn, the slides have key takeaways and…
Assessment and evaluation aim to maintain high standards, improve student learning, and benefit all students, parents, and teachers. Educators gather information that accurately reflects how a student is achieving the curriculum expectations and judge the quality of student learning of the overall expectations. This slide deck walks through the basics of evaluation, clarifying how to…
The second edition of Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction: Connecting Assessments to Effective Interventions focuses on supporting educators to translate screening, diagnostic, and progress monitoring data to effective, evidence-based instruction. The book highlights foundations of explicit instruction and evidence-based assessment, then walks through the “Big Five” of reading instruction: unpacking what each element is, why it is…
This Intensive Intervention Practice Guide describes morphology and explains how teaching morphology can improve the reading skills of secondary-age students with reading and writing difficulties. In English, the spellings of words include information about both meanings and sounds. As a result, learning about morphology can help readers with word recognition (knowing the pronunciations and meanings…
This is an engaging, fun storybook including five decodable stories which teach the five vowels, consonants, two digraphs and a few non-phonetic words. It is based on a structured literacy approach, and a note to caregivers at the front of the text explains how they can create flashcards to help new readers learn the vowels…
Catch up on our Strive for Five book study! Hosted by Melissa Monette Smith, this book study explores a framework for extending conversations with students from Kindergarten through Grade 8 to accelerate language comprehension and support academic growth.
The tracker is a spreadsheet that calculates all the Acadience Screener Results after educators input their data. It displays them in an easy to read format so that educators can analyze a class set of data to inform planning for reading interventions.
The tracker is a spreadsheet that calculates all the Acadience Screener Results after educators input their data. It displays them in an easy to read format so that educators can analyze a class set of data to inform planning for reading interventions.
The tracker is a spreadsheet that calculates all the Acadience Screener Results after educators input their data. It displays them in an easy to read format so that educators can analyze a class set of data to inform planning for reading interventions.
This slidedeck is created for teachers to use with their students to focus on letter names, sounds and printing formation. Using ONLit’s Embedded Picture Mnemonics videos and Printing Like a Pro printing sheets, this slide deck explicitly teaches each letter name, sound and printing formation (in order of ease of formation). Using this slidedeck with…
