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Videos for intermediate students

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Share Brain Builders with your students, an engaging student-facing animated video series to help students understand what the brain does in order to read.

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Videos to explain spelling patterns to kids.

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kids reading literacy preschool kindergarden "first grade" dusty dott alphabott pbs

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READING BUDDIES™ - The Science of Reading

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Welcome to Reading Buddies - where Dott, Alphabott, and the Alphabotteers use the science of reading to help Dusty the Dog learn to read. Best of all, every new reader - including yours - is welcome to be part of the fun!

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Podcasts organized by topic!

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As I listen to new podcast episodes related to the science of reading, I will add the most useful episodes to their respective categories. I hope you'll come back to this page often as you

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Boom Clap Snap for Kinders

practice letters and sounds - pick 5

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Boom Clap Snap Directions

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Many great ideas to accelerate learning.

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Reading Simplified | streamlined instruction, accelerated achievement

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Streamlined Reading Instruction | Reading Simplified

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Reading Simplified supports teachers and parents to streamline reading instruction AND accelerate readers’ achievement. Save time & reach ALL readers here!

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OSLA Engaging and Purposeful Decoding Presentation

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Numerous research based activities to use with students of all ages and abilities.

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From 2004 to 2010, a team of researchers and teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created Student Center Activities for use in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. The activities are designed for students to practice, demonstrate, and extend their learning of what has already been taught, sometimes with teacher assistance and sometimes independently. Students can complete the activities in small groups, pairs, or individually.

Accompanying these Student Center Activities is a Teacher Resource Guide that offers important insights on differentiated instruction and how to use the Student Center materials.

Component

Name of the reading component: Phonological Awareness (PA), Phonics (P), Fluency (F), Vocabulary (V), or Comprehension (C). Each component is color coded: PA is purple, P is orange, F is red, V is green, C is blue.

Subcomponent

Name of the reading subcomponent, which is a subskill of the component.

Activity Name

Activity Number

The letters correspond with the reading component (PA, P, F, V, or C). The numbers are listed in ascending order within each component. The activities are sequenced from simple to more complex within each component and subcomponent.

Student Icon

The suggested number of students for the activity. One student icon indicates that students may work independently or with a small group. Two student icons indicate that the activity requires students to work in pairs. Two student icons with a plus sign indicate that the activity requires two or more students.

Objective

States the goal of the activity, which is aligned with the subcomponent.

Materials

Materials are located on the pages that follow the Activity Plan. Most materials are non-consumable to be prepared and used repeatedly (e.g., word cards can be laminated). Some materials are consumable and will need to be duplicated for each student doing the activity. Other materials, such as counters, are commonly found in most classrooms.

Activity Statement

One sentence explanation of the purpose of the activity and what students do to complete the activity.

Activity Steps

The first step describes how to setup the center. The second step begins with: The student, Students, Working in pairs, or Taking turns depending on the number of students needed to complete the activity. The second step also starts the series of steps to complete the activity. The next steps explain what the student does to complete the activity. The last step lists one of three accountability methods: Self-check, Peer evaluation, or Teacher evaluation.

Example

A visual of the activity and key materials.

Extensions and Adaptations

Suggestions that extend or provide an adaptation for additional practice on the skill addressed in the activity. Materials for the extensions and adaptations are included after the pages that align to the Activity Plan.

Users may use the FCRR Student Center Activities resources as long as modifications are not made, the resources will only be used for non-profit educational purposes, and the copyright belong jointly to the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Center for Reading Research. These resources may not be used for any commercial purposes. These resources on our site may be linked to but not reposted, reproduced, modified, or copied to other sites. For questions about the use of these resources, please contact The Florida Center for Reading Research at fcrr@fcrr.org.

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From 2004 to 2010, a team of researchers and teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created Student Center Activities for use in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. The activities are designed for students to practice, demonstrate, and extend their learning of what has already been taught, sometimes with teacher assistance and sometimes independently.

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LETRS - https://www.lexialearning.com/letrs
Ask your local ESD, many are offering these courses

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Lexia Learning Systems https://www.lexialearning.com/Assets/img/logo.svg 1984 978-405-6232 info@lexialearning.com 300 Baker Avenue, Suite 320 Concord MA 01742 USA

Lexia ® LETRS ® Professional Learning

The Lexia LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) Suite is comprehensive professional learning designed to provide early childhood and elementary educators and administrators with deep knowledge to be literacy and language experts in the science of reading. Developed by Dr. Louisa Moats and leaders in the field of literacy, Lexia LETRS teaches the skills needed to master the foundational and fundamentals of reading and writing instruction-phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and written language.
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Why LETRS?

Research shows that only 35% of students are reading proficiently, but 95% of students CAN learn to read. And while teachers are the most essential factor in student success, only about half of teaching institutions effectively prepare teachers for literacy instruction. Teaching reading requires a deep understanding of the processes and science behind it. LETRS is the professional learning program rooted in the science of reading that empowers teachers.

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LETRS®

Lexia LETRS provides a professional learning course of study based in the science of reading for elementary educators. The course teaches the how, what, and why of literacy acquisition to improve instructional practice and achieve long-term systemic change in literacy instruction.

LETRS for elementary educators is an investment in teachers' literacy knowledge and professional practice. Teachers gain essential knowledge and skills to master the fundamentals of literacy instruction required to apply and transform student learning.

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LETRS® For Early Childhood Educators professional learning provides deep knowledge of literacy instruction for the youngest learners. The more children know about language and literacy before they begin kindergarten and first grade, the better equipped they are to succeed in literacy learning and beyond.

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Lexia LETRS® for Administrators is a professional development course designed specifically for school leadership, coaches, principals, and district administrators. The course defines the systems and infrastructures required to successfully implement a literacy initiative aligned to scientifically based research. Built from the research in implementation science and sustainability, school improvement, and shared leadership, the course provides numerous tools-including an analysis of the current systems required for improved literacy outcomes-for guiding an implementation through various stages.

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Engaged Students

Lexia LETRS provides a professional learning course of study based in the science of reading for elementary educators which teaches the how, what, and why of literacy acquisition to improve instructional practice and impact long-term systemic change in literacy instruction. The more children know about language and literacy before they begin kindergarten and first grade, the better equipped they are to succeed in literacy learning and beyond.

Empowered Educators

Many educators and education leaders are not well prepared to teach reading, or lead those who teach reading. The Lexia LETRS Suite provides science of reading-based professional learning through three different courses of study designed for elementary educators, education leaders, and early childhood educators. Each course of study teaches the how, what, and why of literacy acquisition to educators to improve literacy instruction and positively impact long-term systemic change in literacy outcomes.

Why even trained teachers need support:

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Lexia LETRS empowers educators by going beyond the essential components of literacy. Lexia LETRS gives teachers the skills they need to master how to teach the five essential components of literacy, plus writing, spelling, and oral language.

Lexia LETRS includes five essential elements for literacy success:

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Teaches the content of explicit instruction

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Professional Learning for Educators Grades Pre-K-5 | Lexia

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Independent Teacher Trainings Accredited by the International Dyslexia Association

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Reading 101: Self-Paced Learning Modules

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Core knowledge about reading is a key to effective literacy instruction. Our free, self-paced learning modules can help you deepen your understanding of the building blocks of reading and writing.

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Sold a Story by Emily Hanford

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Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation - even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences - children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.

Sixty years ago, Marie Clay developed a way to teach reading she said would help kids who were falling behind. They'd catch up and never need help again. Today, her program remains popular and her theory about how people read is at the root of a lot of reading instruction in schools. But Marie Clay was wrong.
Sold a Story is an independent investigative journalism project from American Public Media. We rely on your donations to support this kind of rigorous reporting.
The controversial educational publishing company has sold instructional materials and professional resources in almost every state, earning at least $1.6 billion over a decade. Explore a map of school districts.

More states are now requiring districts to adopt curriculum that adheres to the science of reading. Look up the policy in your state.

At least 15 states have passed laws about how schools teach reading since the Sold a Story podcast was released in 2022, but there is pushback.

Here's a reading list put together by Emily Hanford.

This discussion guide, created by a teacher, invites educators, parents, community members and kids to have a conversation about the podcast.

Emails and voice messages poured in from people who listened to Sold a Story.

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Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

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Amplify

The Reading League

The Knowledge Matters Podcast

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Science of Reading: The Podcast, hosted by Susan Lambert, delivers the latest insights from researchers and practitioners in early reading. Listen today!

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Dog on a Log

BOB Books

Raz-Kids Plus

Heggerty Decodables

The Literacy Nest

PhonicsBooks

S.P.I.R.E.

Express Readers

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Heart Words
https://www.reallygreatreading.com/heart-word-magic

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Heart Word Magic - Read and Spell High Frequency Words | Really Great Reading

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Heart Word Magic - Help Students Learn to Read and Spell High-Frequency and Sight WordsHeart Word Magic is a complimentary teaching tool designed to help students learn to read and spell high-frequency words and sight words, particularly those that aren’t very decodable. Show your students the animations, then try these fun, hands-on free Student Practice

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An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program

https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/

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For years, the most urgent and persistent request we heard from the teachers we work with was for a more effective and more easily implemented program for foundational skills instruction.

While most language arts standards include learning targets for foundational reading skills for kindergarten through second grade, they are not detailed enough to build a day-by-day sequence of instruction. While most schools have an abundance of resources in the form of book rooms, basal readers, and a variety of intervention program kits, there is typically insufficient guidance for how, when, and with whom to use these materials.

In response to this persistent need, our team developed UFLI Foundations, a program that includes the necessary professional learning, resources, and scaffolding for teachers to deliver high-quality instruction in foundational reading skills.

This is how UFLI Foundations was born.

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UFLI Foundations | UF Literacy Institute

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For years, the most urgent and persistent request we heard from the teachers we work with was for a more effective and more easily implemented program for foundational skills instruction. While most language arts standards include learning targets for foundational reading skills for kindergarten through second grade, they are not detailed enough to build a day-by-day sequence of instruction.

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Heggerty - phonological awareness
https://heggerty.org/

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A love of reading starts with a solid foundation A love of reading starts with a solid foundation The Heggerty Way Bridge to Reading Our...

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by David Kilpatrick

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https://www.readingrockets.org/article/simple-view-reading

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Aouad, J. and Savage, R. (2009). The component structure of preliteracy skills: Further evidence for the simple view of reading. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 24 (2), 183-200.

Catts, H., Adlof, S., and Weismer, S. (2006). Language deficits in poor comprehenders: A case for the simple view of reading. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 278-293.

Gough, P., Hoover, W., and Patterson, C. (1996). Some observations on a simple view of reading. In C. Cornoldi and J. Oakhill (eds.), Reading comprehension difficulties: Processes and intervention (pp. 1-13). Mahway, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

*Gough, P. and Tunmer, W. (1986). Decoding, reading, and reading disability. Remedial and Special Education, 7, 6-10.

Hoover, W. and Gough, P. (1990). The simple view of reading. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2, 127-160.

*Kamhi, A. (2007). Knowledge deficits: the true crisis in education. ASHA Leader, 12 (7), 28-29.

*These articles are short and easy to read.

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The Simple View of Reading is a formula demonstrating the widely accepted view that reading has two basic components: word recognition (decoding) and language comprehension. Research studies show that a student's reading comprehension score can be predicted if decoding skills and language comprehension abilities are known.

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https://www.reallygreatreading.com/content/scarboroughs-reading-rope

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Scarborough’s Reading Rope | Really Great Reading

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[row][oneHalf][/oneHalf][oneHalf]What is Scarborough’s Reading Rope?In 2001, Dr. Hollis Scarborough created the Reading Rope using pipe cleaners to convey how the different “strands” of reading are all interconnected yet independent of one another. For many students, learning to read is a challenge. Scarborough’s Rope captures the complexity of learning to read. Scarborough’s

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Spot It!

Memory

Bingo

Fiddlesticks

Steal It!

Incorporate letters/sounds/words into Card Games:

Act it Out! Uno, Go Fish...

Incorporate letters/sounds/words into Board Games:

Jenga, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land...

Roll and Read - bingo grid with words or sounds, roll the dice, read the word, cover the word

Crazy Cards

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b hand - helping kids with reversals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQ2-dwu4AE

Reading Interventions with Linda Farrell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQ2-dwu4AE

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Learning ‘b’ and ‘d’ and Reading Short Vowel Words with Aiko, Second Grader

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Science of Reading - https://scienceofreadinginfo.com/

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Reading Buddies for younger students

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The Reading League's Reading Buddies is an engaging foundational television series, based on the science of reading, that cleverly teaches underlying components of skillful word reading such as phonological awareness, letter names/sounds, and blending sounds to decode words.

The show features a hilarious talking dog named Dusty who, with the help of his best human friend Dott, is learning a new trick - how to read! They are joined by a kazoo-talking, robot assistant named Alphabott, and an adorable cast of human Alphabotteers. Together, they form an after-school reading club where Dusty explores letters and their sounds, social-emotional learning, and whatever else sparks his curiosity or desire for snacks! Each episode features a new "Alphabadge" for Dusty to earn, marking the progress of his reading journey. Together, along with the viewers, they are the "Reading Buddies!"

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A fun, foundational reading TV series for students PreK-3. The show instructs three important underlying components of skillful word reading: phonological awareness, letter names/sounds, and blending sounds to decode words accurately.

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cookie sheets from Dollar Tree
Template
magnetic letters - https://www.alphabetletter.com/products

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Since 1990, Abecedarian has been a leading supplier of durable plastic alphabet letters that are used in early childhood teaching throughout the country.

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The Reading League is a source for research, podcasts, and trainings

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Share Brain Builders with your students, an engaging student-facing animated video series to help students understand what the brain does in order to read.

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Easy Reads

Reading Above the Fray by Lindsey

Shifting the Balance by Burkins and Yates

A Fresh Look at Phonics by Blevins

Choosing and Using Decodable Text by Blevins

Medium Reads

The Knowledge Gap by Wexler

The Writing Revolution by Wexler

Uncovering the Logic of English by Eide

How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction K-3 by Walpole and McKenna

The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning of Text by Hennessy and Moats

Harder Reads

Proust and the Squid by Wolf, Potter, et al.

Speech to Print by Moats

Reading in the Brain by Stanislas DeHaene

Teaching Reading Sourcebook by Honig, Diamond, et al

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WHY A DOCUMENTARY?

show. don't tell.

Stories have been an influential part of the human history. Before developed language and writing, traditions, culture, and history were all passed down orally throughout the generations. With this oral tradition often came pictures or drawings to help tell stories and preserve them. We can still see many of these cave drawings all over the United States.

It is stories that help us feel a greater connection between one another. In fact, when we are brought into a good story, as we connect with the characters, oxytocin is released in our brains. This is also know as the "love" hormone. We are physiologically inclined to stories.

And, stories are best expressed by showing what happens, inviting audiences into the moment, and building a relationship between the subject and the viewer.

This documentary is meant to do more than just tell a story. Its purpose is to connect us together as Americans, as humans, to help each other reach our greatest potential.

The purpose of this documentary is to spread the word, not just that illiteracy and sub-literacy in America are having a detrimental affect on our society and economy, but that there are proven and effective solutions already available.

With a growing voice and an ever increasing need for resources (many kids are on a long waiting list for these types of services because the support to handle this large number of people is not there) we can stand up together and make what seems impossible - possible!

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The Right to Read has received fiscal sponsorship from the Utah Film Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Copyright © 2023 Ready or Not. All Rights Reserved.

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The Right to Read has received fiscal sponsorship from the Utah Film Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Copyright © 2023 Ready or Not. All Rights Reserved.