Reading Road Trip: Ask Us Anything!

In the Season 1 finale of Reading Road Trip, Kate Winn and Una Malcolm answer listener questions, sharing their thoughts on everything from sound-spelling walls to structured literacy in older grades.

IES K-3 Professional Learning Community Facilitator Guide

This facilitator’s guide is designed to assist professional learning communities (PLCs) in applying evidence-based strategies to help K-3 students acquire the language and literacy skills needed to succeed academically. This document is a support for educators watching the IES videos of foundational language and literacy […]

Teaching Spelling: An Opportunity to Unveil the Logic of Language

Moats emphasizes the importance of spelling knowledge and language understanding in literacy development in this article. It highlights that spelling is not just about memorizing letters but involves various language aspects like pronunciation, spelling, meaning, and grammatical structure. Good spellers possess comprehensive mental images of […]

Sounding Out New Multisyllabic Words

Linda Farrell explains the process readers go through when they decode new multisyllabic reading. In the video, she highlights set for variability, where a reader flexes sounds to adjust close approximations.

What is Set for Variability?

Dr. Stephanie Stollar explains set for variability in this brief video. Set for variability is the set of skills that allow students to correct close approximations while decoding.

AlphaGraphe: une progression d’enseignement du principe alphabétique qui favorise l’apprentissage de la lecture et de l’écriture

Pour enseigner le principe alphabétique en suivant une approche enracinée dans les principes de la science de la littératie. C’est l’étape fondamentale.
Partie I : Comprendre et appliquer la progression des apprentissages AlphaGraphe à sa pédagogiePartie II : Pistage du progrès : l’évaluation au service de l’apprentissagePartie III : Des outils pour appuyer la planification d’activités pédagogiques explicites, systématiques et structuréesPartie IV : L’art de calligraphierPartie V : Nécessité, mère d’invention : la création d’AlphaGraphePartie VI : Viser une pédagogie intentionnée et conséquent