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SL 3 Interventions for MRD and Written Expression

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Structured Literacy vs. Typical Literacy Practices 

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Structured Literacy vs. Typical Literacy Practices 

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Structured Literacy and Typical Literacy Practices.pdf

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Understanding Dyslexia_ Signs to Watch for by Age.pdf

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IDA's Dyslexia in the Classroom Resource

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10 Ways to Improve Core Reading Instruction

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Classroom Tips & Strategies for Students with Dyslexia

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IDA Dyslexia Handbook What Every Family Should Know.pdf

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Learn how and when to teach schwa, guide student practice, and assess learning.

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The guru herself, Anita Archer, models how it is done!

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Video Clips (iPad/iPhone compatible)

Description: Dr. Archer has had the opportunity to demonstrate explicit instructional lessons in many general and special education classes. These video clips illustrate many of the concepts and practices introduced in Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching. Teachers, faculty members, and teachers-in-training are invited to view these video clips, to analyze and critique the instructional procedures.

Suggestions for use: Each video clip is accompanied by a video guide. We suggest that you download and print the guide before watching the video. Read the description of the video and the suggested video focus. As you watch the video, take notes in response to the focus questions. After viewing the video, share your observations with your colleagues and read the feedback provided by Dr. Archer.

Limits on videos use: . No individual or agency is given permission to post these videos on a for-profit website or use them in any manner in which financial gain occurs without written permission from Dr. Archer.

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Explicit Instructions | Effective and Efficient Teaching

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Video Clips (iPad/iPhone compatible) Description: Dr. Archer has had the opportunity to demonstrate explicit instructional lessons in many general and special education classes. These video clips illustrate many of the concepts and practices introduced in Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching.

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Multisyllabic Segmentation Activity for Spelling

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Multisyllabic Segmentation Activity for Spelling

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Developing Decoders - Decodable Books Written to UFLI’s Scope & Sequence

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Explore 30 free decodable books aligned with UFLI’s scope, designed to support literacy skills for grades K-5 through engaging stories and structured instruction.

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Talk Ladder with Safety Nets Poster K-3.pdf

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1 DTK Instructional Routines to Support Oral Language Development- Five-Turn Conversation Framework and Sentence Expansion.pdf

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NOTE: If you participated in the MSM-PREP research study and are looking for the toolkit used during your participation, please email christymurray@austin.utexas.edu so you can obtain the private link.

GET THE GIST is a reading comprehension practice to help students identify and write brief main idea statements about sections of text.
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Students are taught to stop at predetermined points while reading and use a 3-step process to write their gist (main idea):

Step 1) "Who" or "what" is this section about?

Step 2) What is the most important information about the "who" or "what?"

Step 3) Write a gist (main idea) statement that combines the information from steps 1 and 2. (The gist should be in the students' own words, rather than a sentence copied from the text.)
Teaching students to Get the Gist is important for several reasons:
**It encourages students to monitor their comprehension while reading.

**It helps students integrate important information across sections of text.

**It helps students remember the most important information when they read.

PD Video using English/Language Arts Content (Middle School Matters)

PD Video using Social Studies Content (Middle School Matters)

PD Module: Identifying Main Idea Using "Get the Gist" Strategy (IRIS Center)

Research to Practice Article in Teaching Exceptional Children (Middle School Matters)

Get the Gist Routine in Grades 6, 7, and 8 (Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy)

Lesson Plan: Get the Gist - A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area (ReadWriteThink)

Get the Gist Log for Students (Middle School Matters)

Get the Gist Cue Card for Students (Middle School Matters)

Gist to Summary Log for Students, Electronic Version (Middle School Matters)

Gist to Summary Log for Students, Printable Version (Middle School Matters)

Email us at msmi-info@meadowscenter.org

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NOTE: If you participated in the MSM-PREP research study and are looking for the toolkit used during your participation, please email christymurray@austin.utexas.edu so you can obtain the private link. GET THE GIST is a reading comprehension practice to help students identify and write brief main idea statements about sections of text.

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Learn the six types of syllables found in English orthography, why it’s important to teach syllables, and the sequence in which students learn about both spoken and written syllables.

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Grab these FREE resources to help your students learn and master syllable types.