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What Is It? Why Do I Need To Know?

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NESS - Netivot Educational Support Services

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NESS - Netivot Educational Support Services

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Understanding the IEP and How It Is Used To Support Student Learning

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Practical Tools For Understanding Accommodations

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Practical strategies for implementing the IEP into your classroom

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Setting Yourself, Your Classroom and Your Students Up For Success

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Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting In Ontario

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The What, Why, How and Types of Assessment

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It's Not As Easy As It May Seem

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Marzano's 9 High Yield Strategies

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Ongoing Talk Between Teachers and Students

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The dialogic classroom Kamin Feb 2 Share.pptx

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Content, Process, Product, Environment

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Differentiation means tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Whether teachers differentiate content, process, products, or the learning environment, the use of ongoing assessment and flexible grouping makes this a successful approach to instruction.

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Formative Assessments

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"getting students ready to learn, instruction and checking for understanding, and independent practice" - Madeline Hunter

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Understanding and upporting Students With Anxiety, Depression, ADHD In Our Classrooms

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Summative Assessments

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Summative Assessment: Overview & Examples

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Making the Connection and Links From Lessons to the Big Idea

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The majority of students learn best when they are immersed in learning, through interaction and application

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Helping Students Monitor, Reflect and Set Goals on Their Learning

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Understanding the Report Card

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Focusing on Reading, Writing and Oral Language Skills in the Classroom

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The Melissa Institute
Literacy Website

The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and prevention of violence through education, community service, research support and consultation.

Did you know that 85% of youth in trouble with the law have reading difficulties?

The Institute's mission is to prevent violence and promote safer communities through education and application of research-based knowledge.

What is the connection between violence prevention and a literacy website?

Evidence shows that students who do not learn to read on level by 3rd grade are much more likely to develop low self-esteem, drop out of school, and engage in antisocial and aggressive behavior. To help prevent this spiral of failure The Melissa Institute has introduced The Balanced Literacy Diet website to support educators in developing effective and engaging literacy programs across the elementary grades.

The good news is that literacy failure is preventable!

With the support of The Melissa Institute this website was developed by university-based literacy experts and school-based practitioners - literacy specialists, classroom teachers as well as district and school administrators. The Balanced Literacy Diet framework is designed to provide a comprehensive multifaceted internet resource to support the development of research-informed reading and writing instruction in schools. It is a free website for use by educators everywhere.

Thank you...

We want to thank all of the generous contributors who have made the development of this website possible.

We also want to express a particular debt of gratitude to the many educators who have opened their hearts to this project and shared their time and expertise so that others can benefit from their wisdom.

We hope to continue to add to the website, so if you find it a useful resource we hope you will support us in our efforts to make it even better.

Donations to the Melissa Institute via credit card are possible through our Secure Server.

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BALANCEDLITERACYDIET :: Balanced Literacy Diet

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The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and prevention of violence through education, community service, research support and consultation. The Institute's mission is to prevent violence and promote safer communities through education and application of research-based knowledge.