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IES K-3 Professional Learning Community Facilitator Guide

By Institute of Education Sciences Last updated 2025/08/22
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Description

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 instruction.

Curriculum Connection

This facilitator guide supports professional learning across multiple curriculum areas.
Topic(s): Alphabetic KnowledgeApplying MorphologyApplying OrthographyApplying PhonicsExplicit InstructionFluencyPhonemic AwarenessVocabularyWord-Level Reading and Spelling

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  1. I appreciated reading about inferential language, and how teachers can support students to use and develop inferential language in the classroom. This would be a valuable PLC to run.

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