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How Do I Fit It All In? Organizing Your Literacy Block to Align with the Science of Reading
Following the Science of Reading requires many lesson components we should be including in our literacy instruction.
Between explicitly teaching the 5 Core Components of Literacy, targeting student needs, tracking data, and pulling review activities - it can definitely feel like a lot!
But here’s the thing, research-based instruction that aligns with the Science of Reading does not have to be hard. All you need is a clear framework you can use to plan your lessons in alignment with research-based principles so that you know you are covering everything you need without it feeling super overwhelming!
How to Build Fluency & Comprehension at the Passage Level
When working with students, our end goal is always that they can functionally read and write. A big part of this is the ability to read at the passage level and derive meaning from the text.
Luckily - building fluency and comprehension at the passage level doesn’t have to be hard. Keep reading to learn how you can incorporate this instruction into your reading lessons!
How to Build Fluency & Comprehension with Sentence Reading
There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to reading fluency and comprehension, including the fact that it is difficult to support, means that students need to be reading faster, and is reserved for when they can read at the passage level. Today - we are breaking down these misconceptions and discussing how you can use sentence-reading to help build your students’ fluency & comprehension skills!
How to Fit Vocabulary in to Your Reading & Writing Lessons
Vocabulary instruction is necessary in order for phonics to matter. Keep reading to learn how you can easily & effectively incorporate vocabulary instruction into your reading & writing lessons.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Literacy Lessons
Have you ever thought to yourself - “How in the world am I EVER going to fit everything into my lessons?!” or maybe, “How can I better support my students?”
We certainly have!
The great news - we can actually make our interventions lessons MORE effective WITHOUT adding a ton of additional time. Keep reading to learn how!
How To Explicitly Teach Phonics Rules
It’s no secret that research tells us we need to teach rules explicitly - but what exactly does that mean?
Today, we are going to break down exactly what “teaching rules explicitly” means as well as walk you through how you can use this approach in your lessons!
What To Do When Your Students Need More Practice: The Importance of Systematic Review
Have you ever looked through your students’ lesson data and thought - “gosh, they just aren’t getting this?”
We’ve all been there. Today - we are going to break down what you can do when students need more practice and the importance of systematically reviewing previously learned concepts.
Implementing Effective Literacy Intervention Lessons
Learn the keys to effective literacy intervention implementation likened to driving a car: data fuels the journey, lesson design provides navigation, and execution is akin to driving. Adaptability is crucial, akin to navigating roadblocks. Stay true to research-based principles.
Lesson Planning - Morphology Based Lessons - Intervention Tip of the Week
Master morphology in reading intervention! Discover effective strategies to integrate morphological instruction seamlessly into your lessons. Learn from our proven methods and watch the video for intervention insights!
Lesson Planning for Early Readers - Intervention Tip of the Week
One of the most important things you can do for your students is to make sure to have a solid outline for what you will be covering and the order in which you will be covering these patterns.
This ensures that they are getting ALL the skills they need and that they can get used to the lesson format and structure - goodbye negative behaviors!
How to Plan Your Literacy Intervention Lessons - Intervention Tip of the Week
Today, we wanted to share with you our tip on planning out your intervention lessons. We use a curriculum map that helps to outline the target skills we want to make sure we are hitting in each of our lessons.
Making Centers a Part of Your Literacy Routine
I love to provide literacy based centers that reinforce the learning that took place during the small group time. Students rotate through a series of centers where they can work independently (or with a partner at times) to further engage with literacy experiences.
If you look at our Suggested Literacy Block schedule, you will note that SMARTER Intervention lends itself nicely to this type of classroom system.
A Look into Teaching -ck
Reading intervention for struggling readers, such as those with dyslexia or other reading disabilities needs to be systematic, sequential, cumulative, targeted, research-based…the list goes on and on. But how do you come up with a lesson plan that has reading and spelling activities that hits on all of these targets for your struggling readers? Well look no further, we are giving you behind the scenes access to our comprehensive lesson plans that leave nothing out for your struggling readers so that they can get to grade level once and for all and you can stop spending all your time planning.