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Features of Effective Instruction (PDF of presentation)
Description of several effective practices, including explicit, systematic instruction; multiple practice opportunities; and immediate feedback.
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Strategies and Activities for Independent Learning (SAIL) Grades K-2 Mathematics
Booklet to support planning and management of centers, or workstations, with multiple math games and activities.
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Facilitator’s Manual: Study Guides for the Kindergarten and First Grade Texas Online Teacher Reading Academies (OTRA)
Provides professional development sessions that administrators, coaches, and teachers can use to extend their knowledge and skills related to early literacy instruction, assessments, and meeting the needs of English learners.
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Facilitator’s Manual: Study Guides for the Second and Third Grade Texas Online Teacher Reading Academies (OTRA)
Provides professional development sessions that administrators, coaches, and teachers can use to extend their knowledge and skills related to early literacy instruction, assessments, and English learners.
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Effective Instruction: Adaptation Categories
Describes four categories of instructional adaptations: content, activity, materials, and delivery.
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Beginning Reading Instruction: Components and Features of a Research-Based Reading Program
Booklet describing an effective elementary reading program, including 12 essential instructional components, 8 campus-level features, and 8 instructional features related to struggling readers.
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Promoting Vocabulary Development: Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Booklet with vocabulary lesson ideas and strategies, including explicit instruction, concept maps, word webs, semantic feature analysis, and advanced word study.
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Using Student Center Activities to Differentiate Reading Instruction: A Guide for Teachers
Booklet from the Center on Instruction (COI) focused on using learning centers to differentiate reading instruction for elementary students in grades K-5.
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