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Discover a content-based approach to literacy instruction that utilizes real-world compelling texts that engage and excite learners in grades K-8.

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We offer a comprehensive, digital-first, core language arts program for grades K-8, in which students focus on mastery of knowledge and skills and demonstrate high-quality work while building habits of character.

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The research-informed program earned all green scores from independent reviewer EdReports, meeting standards for text quality, usability, and building knowledge.

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The Four T's

Each unit and lesson is planned with the 4T's framework in mind. The 4T's ensure that students are able to comprehend the requirements and goals of each lesson, so they spend more time learning and less time figuring out what to do. Our scaffolded approach ensures students build knowledge as they progress culminating in mastery of the unit concept.

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Imagine Learning's content-based language arts and literacy program helps students in grades K-8 grow their personal skill levels through real-world texts.

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Grade 3, Module 1, Unit 1, Homework Resources for Families_Spanish

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Reading is the act of processing text in order to derive meaning. To learn to read, children must develop both fluent word reading and language comprehension (Gough & Tunmer,1986). Language comprehension is built upon vocabulary and morphology, knowledge, syntax, and higher-level language skills.

How Knowledge Contributes to Reading Development

Many studies since the 1980's have shown that background knowledge is a critical component of comprehension ( Spencer & Wagner, 2018). The knowledge a reader brings to their learning contributes to language comprehension. "Big ideas and complex questions cannot be separated from the language used to represent them...A reader's comprehension of a story depends greatly upon the knowledge and language she brings to the experience" (Lesaux & Russ Harris, 2015). Knowledge gives substance and context for word learning and comprehension. Content rich instruction in the early grades, especially with informational text, is particularly important to build knowledge that will help students comprehend increasingly complex language and texts as they grow as readers (Catts & Kamhi, 2017).

"Fundamentally, what we're asking folks to do is make decisions about instruction based on the best available evidence that we have for what should increase the likelihood that your students will learn the skills that they need to succeed in school."

Nicole Patton Terry
Professor & Associate Director
Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University

Promoting Knowledge Building in the Classroom...

Through Informational Text Read Alouds

Through Text Sets

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Considerations for Students Learning English

English learners should have equal opportunity to meaningfully participate in all literacy instruction. The WIDA Can Do Descriptors highlight what language learners can do at various stages of language development.
Taking Bilingualism into Account
"Many English language learners struggle with curriculum content because they lack background knowledge of the topic or have gaps in the information they have learned. Teachers must either activate what prior knowledge exists and apply it to lessons or explicitly build background knowledge for these students" (Short & Echevarria, 2005).
Supports for English Learners

"Link background knowledge and culture to learning by explicitly planning and incorporating ways to engage students in thinking about and drawing from their life experiences and prior knowledge" (Levine, Lukens, & Smallwood, 2013).

Use high yield tools such as: Anticipation Guides, KWL Charts, Multimedia (Ferlazzo & Hull Sypnieski, 2018).

"Use sensory supports such as videos, realia, illustrations, etc. to provide students alternative ways to process information" (WIDA, Instructional Supports, 2015).

"Utilize students' native languages, also known as first language or L1, to provide opportunities to clarify, recap, or extend meaning" (WIDA, Instructional Supports, 2015).

Building Background Knowledge, from Colorin Colorado ** (Video)

Analyzing Content and Language Demands, from English Learners Success Forum (Resource)

The WIDA Instructional Supports provide a reference list of appropriate graphic, sensory and interactive supports to use with the WIDA Can Do Descriptors when instructing language learners.

References

Catts, H. W., & Kamhi, A. G. (2017). Prologue: Reading comprehension is not a single ability. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 48(2), 73-76.

Echevaria, J., and Short, D. (2005). Teacher Skills to Support English Language Learners. Best of Educational Leadership 2004-2005, 62, 8-13.

Ferlazzo, L. and Hull Sypnieski, K. (2018). The ELL Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students, San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bass.

Gough, P. B., & Tunmer, W. E. (1986). Decoding, Reading, and Reading Disability. Remedial and Special Education, 7, 6-10.

Lesaux, N. & Russ Harris, J. (2015). Cultivating Knowledge, Building Language. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Levine, L. N., Lukens, L. & Smallwood, B. A. (2013). The GO TO strategies: Scaffolding options for teachers of English language learners, K-12. For Project EXCELL, a partnership between the University of Missouri- Kansas City and North Kansas City Schools, funded by the US Department of Education, PR Number T195N070316.
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Grade 3 Module 1 Overview Video - Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far

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ERIC - ED596222 - Content Area and Disciplinary Literacy: Strategies and Frameworks. Literacy Leadership Brief, International Literacy Association, 2017

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Content area literacy and disciplinary literacy are umbrella terms that describe two approaches to literacy instruction embedded within different subject areas or disciplines. Under a content area literacy approach, students learn reading and writing processes that are common across disciplines. As…

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