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Talk of decodable texts is everywhere these days. And if you're like many educators we know, you might be working to sort through the hype to make sense of it all.

We've written a lot about decodable texts - exploring their significance, selection criteria, creative implementation strategies, and much more.

Our goal is always to provide practical insights and resources to enhance literacy instruction. We want to help you both understand (theory) and take action (implementation). Of course, much of our writing is based on common questions we receive from educators like you who are trying to make sound decisions about instructional materials.

Each brief summary below contains a link to one of our previous posts about using decodable texts. Across these posts, we unpack important considerations and common questions related to decodable texts and their role in supporting young readers.

This May Not Be Everything You Need to Know About Decodable Texts, but It's A Lot of it!

Wondering what makes a decodable text decodable? Or maybe you're trying to clarify who really needs decodable texts, anyway. In this introduction, we tackle fundamental questions about what makes a text decodable after all. We lay the groundwork for deeper explorations of the topic, which you will find in other posts linked in this index. [ .]

In this post, we consider the question of quantity when it comes to decodable texts. This post includes insights and considerations to help educators make informed decisions about how many decodable texts they need to effectively support beginning readers. [ .]

What to Look For When Choosing Decodable Texts-The WORDS

In this post, our focus shifts to the composition of decodables. Here, we offer guidance for evaluating the mix of words (decodable, high frequency, and content or story words) within decodable texts. This post equips you to think deeply about the ways the words in a decodable text do (or don't) align with the practice your beginning readers need. [ .]

What Else to Look For When Choosing Decodable Texts-The MEANING

In this segment, we explore the significance of another critical consideration for decodable text selection: the meaning-making possibilities the text offers. (Yes, meaning matters in a decodable text!) While decoding skills are crucial, we also emphasize the importance of engaging students in meaningful reading experiences because teaching students to read attending to the meaning behind the words is a recipe for developing word-callers. Read to learn how to select decodable texts that foster comprehension and meaningful engagement, even when the demands of decoding the words are controlled. [ .]

What About FREE Decodable Books and Texts?

Who doesn't love free resources? In this post, we describe affordable and accessible ways to gather decodable texts. From digital platforms to printable materials, we share resources that educators can leverage to enhance their decodable text collections, regardless of budget restraints. Of course, you'll need to look closely at them to make sure they hold up when it comes to aligned decoding meaning-making opportunities. [ .]

More Ideas for Getting Started with Decodable Text

In this post, we provide educators with ideas and strategies for incorporating decodable texts across the school day. From interactive games to independent practice activities, we offer practical ideas to seamlessly weave decoding practice into the day. [ .]

A Free Decodable Text in Three Different Formats

After sharing a page from this text in our K-2 Shifting the Balance book, we received so many requests for the whole text that we made it available as a free resource. In this post, you will find links to three different formats of : a digital flip book for projecting and sharing with students, a downloadable PDF with directions for printing in a book format, and a one-pager for student follow-up practice. [ .]

Explore these additional resources to continue your journey into practical uses of decodable texts.

Explore practical ways to utilize two sets of decodable word lists and sentences introduced in a previous post. We suggest seven ideas for incorporating these resources into teaching, including supplementing a phonics curriculum, providing blending practice in various settings, dictating sentences for spelling and formative assessment, and creating decodable passages for reading practice. These strategies aim to support educators in making reading instruction more effective and accessible for students.

Discover how revisiting and refining small group instruction practices can enhance the use of decodable texts, offering a personalized approach to support foundational reading skills in a dynamic classroom environment.

This guide emphasizes the critical role of decodable texts in flexible phonics instruction, offering insights on how to seamlessly integrate these resources into lessons tailored to meet diverse learner needs and promote comprehensive reading development.

Whether you're just beginning to explore decodable texts or you want to refine your selection process, we hope this collection of posts provides insights and resources that support your journey as you hold fast to your commitment to making learning to read easier for your students.

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Exploring Decodable Texts: A Go-To Resource

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We unravel the world of decodable texts for educators. Discover insights into selecting, evaluating, and creatively implementing these texts for beginning readers. This resource-packed guide provides practical advice, links to detailed posts, and free resources to aid in your journey of making literacy instruction more effective and engaging.

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The collection of knowledge and advice about best practices in literacy education is always evolving. This is both a gift and a challenge. In my new podcast for educators,I interview leading researchers and scholars to understand current, relevant, and digestible answers to all things literacy, learning, and best-practice, regardless of an educator's approach to literacy instruction. I'm joined by colleagues from my consulting team, and classroom educators, to debrief the researcher interview and answer the question, "How will we take what we've learned to the classroom?"

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To the Classroom: Conversations with Researchers and Educators - Jennifer Serravallo Author & Consulting

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Jennifer Serravallo interviews leading researchers and scholars about important findings, and has post-interview conversations about practical takeaways with colleagues from her consulting team.

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Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students' comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work. This book, written by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, shows teachers how to make small changes to teach more words and also how words work. Many of these small changes involve enrichments to existing vocabulary practices, such as word walls and conversations with students. Each chapter includes descriptions of teachers' implementation of small changes to support big gains in students' vocabulary. This book, which has sufficient depth in research and theory for graduate and undergraduate courses in vocabulary instruction, also offers practical steps that K-8 teachers can use in any reading program to help all students grow their vocabulary.

Teaching Words and How They Work shows teachers how to:

Identify the most important word families to teach.

Teach students to use opening text as background knowledge for comprehending the rest of the text.

Use word walls with more purpose and greater student engagement.

Select the right words to teach from new information texts.

Better understand limitations of leveled texts and how to adjust.

Use assets and address challenges to support English learners.

Access free mentor and teacher resources online at textproject.org.

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Teaching Words and How They Work: Small Changes for Big Vocabulary Results

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Teaching Words and How They Work: Small Changes for Big Vocabulary Results

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1. You Can Have It Both Ways: Reading Literature Deeply and Fostering Joyful, Independent Reading

2. Start with the Students: Identify the Skills Your Students Need

3. Look Beyond the Usual Suspects: Choose the Book Your Students Need

4. Map Out the Unit: Plan the Timing and the Strategies You'll Teach

5. Delight in the Details: Play Your Daily Instruction: Read-Alouds and Minilessons

6. Reach Everyone: Differentiate with Small Groups and Conferences

7. Keep Students Engaged: Address the Challenges of Teaching a Whole-Class Text

8. Track Growth: Assess Along the Way Through Writing About Reading

9. Launch Readers: Honor Choice to Develop Stronger, Independent Students

10. Celebrate Achievements: Assessing, Writing, and Making as an End to the Unit

Can't we provide both individualized instruction and challenging reading for our students? This book shows how we can do just that. In a nutshell:

1. We plan a unit in our classroom, naming the skill or skills that will be our primary focus.

2. We choose a whole-class novel that will both interest the kids and do the heavy lifting for the skills we plan to teach.

3. We plan our lessons accordingly.

That's it. Pretty simple. Of course, like many simple ideas in and out of education, the execution takes some doing. That's what the rest of the book is for. We'll begin with a deep dive into the troubles and triumphs of both whole-class novels and readers workshop and think about what we can aim for in our teaching (Chapter 1). Then, we'll follow the trajectory of a unit: choosing the skills and book you'll be using (Chapters 2 and 3), teaching with the whole-class novel (Chapters 4 and 5) and meeting individual needs while doing so (Chapters 6 and 7), assessing formatively (Chapter 8), helping students transfer the skills they've learned to book-club books (Chapter 9), and assessing summatively (Chapter 10).

- Introduction

"A Novel Approach dismantles timeworn methods for teaching whole class novels that consume class time, provide little relevance or rigor, and disengage students from reading. Kate Roberts offers an empowering road map for navigating whole class novels with your students while supporting their independent reading lives. A forward-thinking model for progressive literacy education."-Donalyn Miller, author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild

"I wish this book was around back when I completely stopped reading in High School. I lost years of my reading life, just as so many students turn away from reading in secondary grades because the assigned books are uninteresting, too confusing, or seem to drag on. Kate's approach shows us that when novel teaching is skills driven, brief, and complimented with book clubs, it can be more engaging to students and more rewarding for teachers."-Christopher Lehman, coauthor of Falling in Love with Close Reading and author of Energize Research Writing

"Increasing the volume of student reading starts with finding the right balance between independent reading, book club reading, and core work reading. And this is where A Novel Approach proves invaluable. Kate Roberts not only shows secondary teachers why achieving this balance is important, she demonstrates how to do it."-Kelly Gallagher, coauthor of 180 Days and author of Readicide

"There isn't a teacher among us who hasn't wondered, "How do I do all of this?" Reading this book is like having the world's best instructional coach by your side to help you craft a clear, manageable, and responsive approach to helping your students become better readers, thinkers, and people. Kate reminds us of the tremendous power of our instructional decisions on our students' reading lives, all the while, handing us resources, instilling in us a necessary confidence, and high-fiving us through pages of this book." -Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell, coauthors of Beyond Literary Analysis and Writing With Mentors

"Like any author worth her salt, Kate trusts her readers to bring their own expertise to the text. If you are expecting the definitive answer to the age-old question, "What's better: giving students opportunities for independent choice, or teaching with a whole class novel?" you won't get the answer. What you will get is Kate's straightforward, common sense approach on how to use both. Kate helps teachers weigh their options and make choices about what's best for their students. She shares her systems and structures and reassures readers that students of all levels can make growth."-Cris Tovani, coauthor of No More Telling as Teaching and I Read It, But I Don't Get It

"In A Novel Approach, Kate Roberts offers those of us in the classroom a witty, engaging, and thoughtful examination of a problem we are all grappling with one way or another: How to teach whole-classs novels in ways that challenge and engage not only our students but us! This thoughtful book provides a range of approaches that would work in different classes with different kids. Just as important, though, it shows us that it is still possible to be the sort of English teacher we wanted to be when we entered the profession."-Jim Burke, author of The English Teacher's Companion

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A practical framework for creating units that combine whole-class novels and independent reading to truly help students grow as readers. Take a deep dive into the troubles and triumphs of both to find a student-centered, balanced approach to teaching reading.

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1. Getting Your Classroom Conferring-Ready
What Is Conferring? Why Confer?
But . . . What Is the Rest of the Class Doing?
Spotlight on Emergent Bilinguals: Tips for Book Selections
Preparing an Environment for Conferring
What Are the Types of Conferences I'll Read About in This Book?
Mentor Spotlight: Richard Allington

2. Understanding What Readers Know and Need
Aligning Goals, Skills, Assessments, and Questions
Spotlight on Emergent Bilinguals: Assessment
How Do I Confer with a Reader When I Don't Know the Book?
Assessment Conferences: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: An Assessment Conference Example
Finding a Goal
Take It to Your Classroom
Mentor Spotlight: Marie Clay

3. Setting Goals
Deciding on a Goal Together
Spotlight on Emergent Bilinguals: Goal Setting
Preparing for a Goal-Setting Conference
Goal-Setting Conferences: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: A Goal-Setting Conference Example
Making Goals Visible
A Close-Up Look at Guided Inquiry
Take It to Your Classroom
Mentor Spotlight: John Hattie

4. Noticing and Naming Strengths
The Anatomy of an Effective Compliment
Spotlight on Emergent Bilinguals: Supporting Growing Language Skills
Compliment Conferences: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: A Compliment Conference Example
Take It to Your Classroom
Mentor Spotlight: Peter Johnston

5. Teaching Strategies to Individuals and Groups
Building on Strengths
Spotlight on Emergent Bilinguals: Building on Strengths
Providing Feedback and Coaching Readers
Research-Compliment-Teach Conferences: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: A Research-Compliment-Teach Conference Example
Coaching Conferences: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: A Coaching Conference Example
Strategy Lessons: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: Strategy Lesson Examples
Take It to Your Classroom
Mentor Spotlight: Lucy Calkins

6. Supporting Conversation and Collaboration
Partnerships and Clubs in the Classroom
Spotlight on Emergent Bilinguals: Leveraging Talk Time
Partnership Conferences with Young Readers: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: A Partnership Conference Example
Teaching Talk (Speaking and Listening)
Partnerships and Book Club Conferences for Conversation: Structure and Timing
Watch and Read: A Book Club Conference Example
Take It to Your Classroom
Mentor Spotlight: Ellin Keene

7. Planning and Managing Conferring Time
Planning Your Conferring Time
Which Conference Type Do I Choose?
Balancing Individual Goals and Class Goals
Note-Taking
Take It to Your Classroom

Online Resources: Videos
Grade 1: Ian (Assessment Conference)
Grade 5: Gavin (Goal-Setting Conference)
Grade 8: Justin (Compliment Conference)
Grade 2: Lucas (Research-Compliment-Teach Conference)
Grade K: Ana (Coaching Conference)
Grade K: Group of students (Strategy Lesson)
Grade 8: Group of students (Strategy Lesson)
Grade K: Gabbie and Ashley (Partnership/Book Club Conference)

In this book, you'll read about the different types of student conferences. The book is organized in the order you're most likely to use the conference types as you get started. Assessment conferences will help you get to know your readers, and then once you do, meeting with them in Goal-Setting Conferences helps you establish goals. As soon as everyone has goals, you can offer positive feedback (Compliment Conferences) and support those goals with strategies (Coaching and Research-Compliment- Teach Conferences). Once you start noticing patterns in what your students need, it makes sense to work efficiently and pull small-group Strategy Lessons (Teaching In a Group). Once that feels solid, you might shift your attention to conferring during the conversation and collaboration time (Partnership and Club Conferences). In the final chapter, Jen offers advice for how to use each type of conference with purpose and at a time that will be most helpful to you.

"I love that this book includes blank resources, like notetaking charts, that teachers can use. The combination of transcripts, charts, table tents, and annotated examples makes me feel like I have what I need to be successful in this work."-Lori Yoshizaki, 4th Grade Teacher
"The videos are SO valuable.Not only the video examples of conferences but the talking points in the book to highlight Jen's moves. It's so helpful to have her notes from each conference as well."-Jennifer Conley, Instructional Coach
"I believe that the reason why teachers don't confer during reading workshop is because they don't know how to manage all the pieces. Jen gives clear directions on how to set things up from start to finish, and information on how to manage everything."-Lisa Aker, Assistant Professor in Literacy

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A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences

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"If you are a reading teacher, a curriculum coach, or a school leader, order a copy of A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences right now. It is a must-have

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Your Research-based Guide to Developing Skilled Readers. 300+ strategies with learning progressions support 13 reading goals, with each strategy cross-linked to skills, teacher tips, prompts, research, and reading levels—everything from fluency to literary analysis.

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Hasbrouck & Tindal

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View the results of the updated 2017 study on oral reading fluency (ORF) by Jan Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal, with compiled ORF norms for grades 1-6. You'll also find an analysis of how the 2017 norms differ from the 2006 norms.

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A robust padlet with information, examples and suggestions for literacy assessment practices.

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"Finally, a book that has the power to stop the literacy pendulum swings! In Shifting the Balance, Burkins and Yates skillfully explore 'balanced literacy' and 'the science of reading' to find the sweet spots where they overlap, connect, and actually complement one another. The result is a resource that raises our level of instruction while helping children discover and reap the joyful rewards of reading."

"What are the research-based, critical elements for teaching reading? In Shifting the Balance, Jan and Kari give you the information, classroom examples, and tools to help you make the best decisions around six key shifts for instruction. After reviewing the misunderstandings, the science, and the needs of your students, you will be able to audit your current practices (individually, in a PLC, or system-wide) to provide responsive and effective literacy learning for all your students."

"In Shifting the Balance, Jan and Kari invite us to reflect and reexamine our beliefs about teaching reading. They gently nudge us to rethink and possibly adjust our early literacy practices. Jan and Kari have taken on this controversial topic by embracing vulnerability and modeling what it means to be truly reflective practitioners. This book is a must read for new and veteran teachers!"

"In Shifting the Balance, Kari and Jan have masterfully dispelled many of the myths and misunderstandings associated with reading instruction. Additionally, they offer classroom teachers and coaches six simple, practical shifts that have the power to transform the way we teach children how to read. Indeed, balanced literacy and science do exist in harmony, and we practitioners can offer our children both concurrently. Thank you, Kari and Jan, for this important work that is sure to change lives!"

"In Shifting the Balance, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates provide a safe space for teachers to courageously examine some long-held balanced literacy practices and turn a critical eye to where those practices have gotten out of balance. If you're willing to be vulnerable and move towards resolving the gap between research and practice, this book provides actionable steps you can take to shift your thinking and bring instruction into alignment with the scientific evidence."

"Shifting the Balance is a welcoming opportunity to reexamine our familiar teaching practices. Without judgment, Burkins and Yates invigorate these practices by inviting educators to make scientific shifts in the systems that have been in place for years. This book will revolutionize reading instruction and in turn, the lives of countless students."

"This book speaks to teachers. It is overwhelmingly clear that Jan Burkins and Kari Yates have been and are immersed in the world of today's classrooms. Shifting the Balance will help many rethink instruction in ways that will support all students. In the current version of the Reading Wars, it is difficult for any of us to say we were wrong about some of our beliefs or practices. And thus, few do. However, Jan Burkins and Kari Yates have done just that. This is as commendable as it is unusual."

"This book found me at just the right time! Shifting the Balance gives voice to the questions I've had in my mind about Balanced Literacy and the Science of Reading and provides clear insights on how to connect the best parts of both to benefit early readers. Throughout the book, Jan and Kari confirm practices worth holding onto while providing actionable next steps I can't wait to implement with students to strengthen my reading instruction."

Dr. Jan Burkins was an elementary classroom teacher for seven years and a literacy coach for seven years. She has worked as a part-time assistant professor, a district literacy leader, and is currently a fulltime writer and consultant.

Kari Yates is an author, speaker, consultant and staff developer with a passion for helping busy literacy educators thrive. Her experiences include classroom teacher, special education, Reading Recovery teacher, elementary principal and district literacy coordinator.

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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

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Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

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How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction

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How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction

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Tens of thousands of K-3 teachers have relied on this book--now revised and expanded with more than 50% new material--to plan and deliver effective literacy instruction tailored to each student's needs. The authors provide a detailed framework for implementing differentiated small-group instruction over multiweek cycles. Each component of the beginning reading program is addressed--phonological awareness, word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes dozens of reproducible lesson plans, instructional activities, assessment forms, and other tools. Purchasers get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

New to This Edition
*Differentiation 2.0: the approach has been fine-tuned based on field testing, new research findings, and current standards and response-to-intervention frameworks.
*Many additional reproducible tools, such as coaching templates and the Informal Decoding Inventory.
*Beyond lesson plans and materials, the second edition offers more guidance for designing instruction and grouping students, making it a one-stop resource.
*Reproducible tools now available to download and print.

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How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction: Resources for Grades K-3

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Tens of thousands of K-3 teachers have relied on this book--now revised and expanded with more than 50% new material--to plan and deliver effective literacy instruction tailored to each student's needs. The authors provide a detailed framework for implementing differentiated small-group instructi...

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Word reading intervention

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This reading intervention was developed and tested by Dr. Jessica Toste and colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin. The program materials were redesigned for open access by the Toste Team in October 2022. We are excited for you to use the Word Connections program! We look forward to continued feedback from teachers and students.

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Testing Manual/Test Directions (should read first!)
Printable Texting Booklets/Student Materials

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Another set of ORF passages organized by grade level.

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Assessment Conference Note Taking Form from Jennifer Serravallo

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Assessment Conference Note Taking Form from Jennifer Serravallo

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Refer to her conferring questions for possible comprehension strand questions.

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UFLI Passages
The Measured Mom-Fiction  Nonfiction
Core Knowledge Student Readers
Beyond Decodables
Speld Phonic Books
Open Source Phonics (Passages)
Flyleaf Publishing
Starfall

Other decodable books to purchase

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Choosing and Using Decodable Texts: Practical Tips and Strategies for Enhancing Phonics Instruction

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Amazon.com: Choosing and Using Decodable Texts: Practical Tips and Strategies for Enhancing Phonics Instruction: 9781338714630: Blevins, Wiley: Books

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This planner helps you scaffold into a complex text with the reading rope in mind!

The first page helps you analyze the text with the rope in mind and the second page helps you plan for the read aloud.

Click on the link & make a copy

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(see above for student diagnostic)

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Year 6 Read Aloud Plan

Year 6 Comprehension Check

Year 6 ORF Samples

Year 6 ORF Comprehension

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Year 4 ORF Sample

Year 4 ORF Comprehension

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UFLI Foundations: Progress Monitoring and Differentiation

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Link to the padlet with the materials from the Science of Reading course (Autumn PD Day)

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How do we meet students where there are to help them become literate members of the world?

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Possible Flow of Interactive/Shared Reading

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Possible Flow of Interactive/Shared Reading

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Continue to add your reflections and ideas to this shared document.

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Informational Reading Learning Progression Y3-Y7

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Informational Reading Learning Progression Y3-Y7

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Narrative Reading Learning Progression Y3-Y7

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Narrative Reading Learning Progression Y3-Y7

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The Literacy Continuum (Found within the BAS Assessment Toolkit)

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The Literacy Continuum (Found within the BAS Assessment Toolkit)

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The literacy continuum offers detailed analysis of text complexity and what is required of readers at the different text complexity levels. This information can inspire a pathway for whole group and small group lesson teaching points. Teacher led lessons should be targeted at or slightly beyond grade level skills. Provide scaffolding so all students can access the text and the learning.

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A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Teaching, PreK-8

There has never been a more comprehensive resource available to teachers that does what The Continuum does - provide specific behaviors and understandings that are required at each level for students to demonstrate thinking within, beyond, and about the text. These behaviors and understandings describe what students will be expected to do in order to effectively read and understand the text.

The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Second Edition is the essential tool to guide your assessment, activate responsive teaching, and support your students on their language and literacy journey.

There has never been a more comprehensive resource available to teachers that does what the continuum does - provide specific behaviors and understandings that are required at each level for students to demonstrate thinking within, beyond, and about the text. These behaviors and understandings describe what students will be expected to do in order to effectively read and understand the text.

More in-depth, more intuitive, and more essential than ever- The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Second Edition is the essential tool to guide your assessment, activate responsive teaching, and support your students on their language and literacy journey.

The Literacy Continuum provides a way to look for specific evidence of learning from prekindergarten through grade eight, and across eight instructional contexts. Each instructional context contributes substantially, in different but complementary ways, to students' development of the literacy process. With this indispensable literacy tool, Fountas and Pinnell remind you of The Literacy Continuum's critical role in transforming literacy teaching and learning.

Enhance your teaching with The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Second Edition:

elevate your language and literacy expertise

develop an understanding of the demands of texts on readers

build your understanding of the reading and writing process and how it changes over time

hone your observation of students' literacy behaviors

teach toward student integration of the Systems of Strategic Actions

articulate the literacy curriculum within and across grade levels

activate the responsive teaching that meets students where they are and brings them forward with intention and precision

build professional learning opportunities with colleagues

create a common vision and common language for literacy in your school.

Look for these enhancements inside:

Updated Digital Communication continuum for the modern classroom

Expanded PreK continuum to reflect today's early readers

Streamlined organization and navigation

Expanded behaviors and examples across the continua

First appearance of a behavior or goal or text characteristic is indicated by a red bullet

Clear organization of and explicit links to the System of Strategic Actions

(click any section below to continue reading)

Contents

INTRODUCTION

INTERACTIVE READ-ALOUD AND LITERATURE DISCUSSION

SHARED AND PERFORMANCE READING

WRITING ABOUT READING

WRITING

ORAL AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

PHONICS, SPELLING, AND WORD STUDY

GUIDED READING

APPENDIX: GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND MECHANICS

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

Companion Resources

Further elevate your expertise with this companion tool:
The Fountas & Pinnell Comprehensive Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Guide
You will find that this essential guide, presented in an easy-to-use chart form, is a critical companion to The Literacy Continuum. You will be able to hone your observations of students' literacy behaviors with this indispensable tool, which combines the behaviors and understandings from the Phonics continuum with the specific times (early, middle, or late in grades PreK-8) appropriate for each one to be introduced and then to be under students' control. In addition, instructional language and a multitude of specific examples appear exclusively in this guide. Use this resource to guide your students in an exploration of letter and word learning.

The Fountas & Pinnell Comprehensive Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Guide reflects the specific behaviors related to the nine areas of learning for letters, sounds, and words that children develop over time:

* Early Literacy Concepts
* Phonological Awareness
* Letter Knowledge
* Letter-Sound Relationships
* Spelling Patterns
* High-Frequency Words
* Word Meaning/Vocabulary
* Word Structure
* Word-Solving Actions

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The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum, Second Edition

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