These sentence trees follow the UFLI scope and sequence. They are formatted on Google Slides with animations to reveal one word at a time. They can also be printed on cards. This resource can support instruction and practice with sentence reading accuracy and fluency.
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…
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…
These labels were created for SyllaSense Decodable Texts. The labels include the grapheme/phoneme correspondences (from their Scope and Sequence) which are introduced in each title. These were created to aid teachers in finding the decodable texts needed for students who may need extra practice aligned with the skills taught in a Tier 1 program.
This template can be used for daily review of alphabet formation and weekly progress monitoring. This can be used as a tool for students who to review phonics skills and practice sky, ground, grass letter formation.
Learning a new skill or strategy follows a predictable sequence known as the Instructional Hierarchy. As students build proficiency with a skill, it’s important to consider how we can build purposeful opportunities for practice. In this video, learn how grade 2/3 teacher Laura Bross uses partner reading in her class.
These posters highlight a decoding strategy adapted from the IES Practice Guide Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9. Two versions are available – a double sided 8.5 x 11 copy with sample educator language for modelling the strategy, and a larger 24 x 36 size. References: Vaughn, S., Gersten, R., Dimino, J.,…
Fluency is essential for skillful and motivated reading, but is often misunderstood. Fluent reading is NOT fast reading! Jan Hasbrouck defines reading fluency and clarifies the link between fluency and comprehension.
This printable template, with boxes for each syllable, can be used to support students in spelling multisyllabic words.
This printable template, with clear lines to support good handwriting, can be used for sentence dictation.
This recorded webinar highlights the importance of spelling to literacy development and how it can be analyzed to inform instruction and intervention. The integration of phonology, orthography, and morphology can be used to analyze student spelling inventory results. Dr. Pam Kastner analyzes classroom and individual student spelling to determine the types of errors students made.
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