Resource Pages
This page provides several resources for elementary educators needing research-based information about effective early reading instruction. The resources include:
- The IES Practice Guide Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade,
- A PLC Facilitator's Guide for using the Practice Guide,
- A PLC Participant's Guide for using the Practice Guide, and
- Videos that are referred to in these guides: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVHqsnePfULo3KA8dspX6558xwZxVr2rB
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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?"
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Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: What Do We Know About “Balanced” Literacy?
Online professional development module addressing the question: “What Do We Know About “Balanced” Literacy?”
Links & Websites
National Reading Panel
Web page with the National Reading Panel’s findings and publications.
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.