Literacy

Online Course: Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document from the Center on Instruction Event Date: 5/22/2013

This FREE self-paced online course is based on Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: A Guidance Document from the Center on Instruction. Read more...

Informational Text Structure (Module 1: Grades K-5): Using Knowledge of Text Structure to Improve Comprehension in Grades K-5

Module 1 is one of two presentations on informational text structure, focusing on students in Grades K-5; Module 2 addresses students in Grades 6-12 and is posted separately. Read more...

Informational Text Structure (Module 2: Grades 6-12): Using Knowledge of Text Structure to Improve Comprehension in Grades 6-12

Module 2 is one of two presentations on informational text structure, focusing on students in Grades 6-12; Module 1 addresses students in Grades K-5 and is posted separately. Read more...

Online Course: Research-based Recommendations for Instruction of Adolescent Newcomers Event Date: 9/21/2012

The Center on Instruction has released a FREE self-paced online course providing insight on Research-based Recommendations for Instruction of Adolescent Newcomers. Read more...

BUILDING THE FOUNDATION - A Suggested Progression of Sub-skills to Achieve the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills in the Common Core State Standards

This document is based on an analysis that determined the sub-skills students need to achieve in each of the Foundational Skills (K–5) in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Read more...

Why Teach Spelling?

This resource is a compilation of three documents that support the teaching of spelling in today’s schools: a discussion of “Why Spelling Instruction Matters”, a checklist for evaluating a spelling program, and tables of Common Core State Standards that are linked to spelling instruction. Read more...

Intensive Interventions for Students Struggling in Reading and Mathematics

This publication provides research-based guidance that reflects "best practices" for intensifying instruction in reading and mathematics for students with significant learning difficulties in K-12, including students with disabilities. Read more...

Using Instructional Routines to Differentiate Instruction: A Guide for Teachers

This publication helps educators plan differentiated instruction using 72 formatted activities called Instructional Routines, which provide a structure for teaching specific foundational reading skills. Read more...

Student Center Activities Aligned to the Common Core State Standards

This publication helps educators create differentiated reading instruction experiences for their students by showing the relationship between two distinct resources: Student Center Activities (SCAs), created by the Florida Center for Reading Research for K–5 classroom teachers as differentiated reading activities for use in small student groups, and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Read more...

Webinar: Improving Adolescent Literacy in Rural Schools: A Schoolwide Approach Event Date: 1/11/2012

Debby Houston Miller and Vicki LaRock of the Center on Instruction presented "Improving Adolescent Literacy in Rural Schools: A Schoolwide Approach" at a January 11, 2012, webinar co-sponsored with the Northwest Regional Comprehensive Center and the Alaska Comprehensive Center. Read more...

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