Documents
Useful document describing student characteristics at different reading levels including beginning readers, transitioning readers, and mature readers. Taken from Effective Instruction for Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices.
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Videos
Content of Effective Reading Instruction
Video that discusses the five reading components with classroom examples.
Modules
Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: How Should We Teach Students to Read Unknown Words?
Online professional development module addressing the questions: “Should I teach students to use semantics and syntax to read words they don’t know? Should I teach students to guess a word based on pictures, context, and/or the first letter of the word?” And, "When a student struggles with the alphabetic principle, should I have him practice reading in decodable texts, or leveled/predictable texts or both?"
Resource Pages
"Red Book" Series
Series of five booklets on the five components of research-based reading instruction developed by the Texas Student Success Initiative.
Instructional Materials
Sound-Spelling Chart
Instructional resource to support students' phonemic awareness, decoding, and spelling. Provides the most common spelling patterns for English sounds on a chart that students can use during instruction and practice. Also lists tips for how teachers can use the chart.