The Science of Reading and Five Components of Literacy Instruction by Danielle Larson

The five strands of reading instruction and how they relate to one another...

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 17:31:43 UTC

The brain and vocabulary learning...

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 17:33:42 UTC

A great review on how to accurately pronounce the 44 phonemes of English

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 17:34:36 UTC

How and why to use a sound wall.

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 20:03:18 UTC

This is my bible for phonics rules and refer to it constantly. Eide states that 98% of all words are logical and follow a rule of English. An amazing resource for K-6 teachers and beyond.

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 20:05:48 UTC

A GREAT resource for how to break up high frequency words and teach them by rule and sound.

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 20:07:51 UTC

Landmark book about how we are not programmed to read.

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 20:18:41 UTC

Maryanne Wolf's follow up book...

dlarson40 — 2023-02-10 20:19:24 UTC

Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) Assessment Instructions

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:22:34 UTC

Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST)

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:24:00 UTC

Kilpatrick's Phonological Awareness Levels

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:26:01 UTC

Heart word magic...using orthographic mapping to teach high frequency words. Here are the videos.

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:28:38 UTC

Activities that Promote Orthographic Word Mapping

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:29:57 UTC

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:32:45 UTC

This link includes many free resources for the summer.

West Virginia Phonics - Phonics and Syllabication Lessons

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:38:29 UTC

Here is a file filled with free phonics lessons and lessons for teaching the different syllable types and multisyllabic words.

A Possible Sequencing Chart of Phonics Skills

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:40:41 UTC

Free Phonics Assessment

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:48:29 UTC

Here is an assessment that can help you gauge which if any phonics skills need to be addressed with your student.

University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI)

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:52:05 UTC

This is an absolutely AMAZING resource filled with lessons, decodables, a roll and read game, and home practice for each phonics skill/concept. Purchasing the manual can definitely help clarify things and teacher the PowerPoint lessons. It is $90 and worth every penny! The manual is the only required purchase.

CORE Phonics Survey

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 22:56:24 UTC

Here is another free phonics assessment with instructions. This is the same publisher of the textbook for EDU 550.

Florida Center for Reading Research

dlarson40 — 2023-05-06 23:02:36 UTC

An amazing website filled with SOR information, ideas, and activities for the five components of literacy instruction for Grades K-5.

English Language Arts Standards

dlarson40 — 2023-05-08 23:04:01 UTC

The Science of Reading as Explained by UFLI

dlarson40 — 2023-05-12 00:31:16 UTC

Article about Sound Walls

dlarson40 — 2023-05-12 00:35:30 UTC

Spear-Swerlling's Detailed Structured Literacy Video

dlarson40 — 2023-05-12 03:34:43 UTC

A Very Powerful Podcast...

dlarson40 — 2023-05-12 03:53:30 UTC

Definitely worth a listen as you continue your journey into the science of reading...

dlarson40 — 2023-05-12 22:05:58 UTC

Great to use with ELL students and increase your understanding of your student.

DIBELS TESTING

dlarson40 — 2023-05-12 22:08:00 UTC

This can be downloaded for free to use for assessment!

Transitioning to Sound Walls

dlarson40 — 2023-05-13 01:18:51 UTC

Links to Decodables!

dlarson40 — 2023-05-13 01:43:15 UTC

A Padlet of decodables on a Padlet!

Kilpatrick's Book

dlarson40 — 2023-05-13 01:46:22 UTC

Really Great Reading Summer School Lessons

dlarson40 — 2023-05-13 03:50:57 UTC

Here is the link to take the 2-hour webinar to receive 25 free lessons with a manual with a student booklet, and online tools. There are three levels for all striving readers. It must be completed by May 15.

Phonics and Spelling Through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 00:55:17 UTC

This book enhances orthographic mapping by teaching phoneme-grapheme mapping for consonants and syllable types. This is such a valuable resource for deep and meaningful word study. It provides the rules for your own professional growth and an endless list of words for each example.

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 01:00:48 UTC

Acadience Testing

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 01:05:54 UTC

Information on the validity of using Acadience Testing

Acadience Testing

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 01:13:41 UTC

Here is the link to download free assessment PDFs. There are training videos included at this site as well.

CUBED Screening and Progress Monitoring

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 01:19:58 UTC

This is mentioned in our text and consistent with the simple view of reading. It has strong reliability and validity. Multiple forms that can be used for progress monitoring.

EasyCBM word-reading measure

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 01:27:14 UTC

You must set up a free account, but the assessments, interventions, and record-keeping for intervention measures is amazing!

Informal Decoding Inventory

dlarson40 — 2023-05-16 01:34:59 UTC

Here is a free download of the example mentioned in our text. There are many online articles confirming its validity and reliability as well.

Data-Based Differentiation

dlarson40 — 2023-05-17 22:39:15 UTC

Here is a helpful flow chart to help you determine which assessments, courses of action, and remediations are necessary.

Word Chains and More..

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 02:37:27 UTC

A great website for instructional strategies and fabulous lists for writing word chains with your students.

A less primary-looking sound wall from the Louisiana Department of Education.

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 02:38:40 UTC

Free, portable sound wall

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 02:39:14 UTC

A great PowerPoint on sound walls and how to implement them in the classroom from the Mississippi Department of Education

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 02:40:24 UTC

Sound wall and spelling resources from the Colorado Department of Education

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 02:41:16 UTC

MONSTER TEST - A Developmental Spelling Test

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 03:01:13 UTC

Vocabulary Word List by Grade

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 03:40:40 UTC

Marzano Word List by Grade and Subject

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 03:41:54 UTC

Academic Word List (Coxhead)

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 03:44:01 UTC

Three Tiers of Words

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 03:47:43 UTC

The LENA Study - Building Brains Through Talk

dlarson40 — 2023-05-19 04:01:45 UTC

A glossary of terms...ones that align with the Science of Reading and those that do not.

dlarson40 — 2023-05-20 00:58:28 UTC

National Oral Reading Fluency Norms

dlarson40 — 2023-05-26 15:07:34 UTC

FREE Summer Lesson to Download from Heggerty!

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:28:37 UTC

FREE Downloads for Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Assessments

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:29:57 UTC

A Fantastic and Informative PDF about the Science of Reading.

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:33:20 UTC

Vocabulary Map Template

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:40:49 UTC

A great template from greatmiddleschools.org to create peronalized and individualized vocabulary maps.

Background Knowledge and Comprehension - Part 2 of this PDF...

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:42:43 UTC

Scroll down for Part 2. Absolutely fascinating research about how much background knowledge factors into comprehension.

Tap It, Map It, Graph It, Zap It!

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:47:55 UTC

Fabulous for Orthographic Mapping practice!

Grapheme Cards

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:49:19 UTC

Simple and more complex - a free download from UFLI

UFLI Heart Words

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:50:22 UTC

Remember how the "heart word" instructional technique promotes orthographic mapping and permanent storage in the visual word form area.

Individual Sound Wall - Consonants from UFLI

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:51:12 UTC

A free download!

Vowel Valley Individual Sound Wall from UFLI

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:52:04 UTC

A free download

UFLI Printable Word Work Velcro Mat

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:52:55 UTC

This is the one we created in class.

Random Letter Sheets

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 21:54:26 UTC

To assist with letter naming fluency...

Nonsense Word Fluency Practice

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:22:29 UTC

"Get the Gist" Toolkit

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:23:50 UTC

Mentioned in our text and from greatmiddleschools.org

Generating Questions

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:25:08 UTC

As mentioned in our text...

"How to Teach Essential Words" and other great info about vocabulary

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:26:27 UTC

From greatmiddleschools.org

Freyer Model Toolkit

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:27:59 UTC

From greatmiddleschools.org

Writing to Learn...

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:29:55 UTC

From greatmiddleschools.org

The Simple View of Writing...

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:32:10 UTC

And why it's not so simple...

A Great Handwriting Freebie

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:35:38 UTC

Great practice - especially with position and spacing...

Story Grammar Marker

dlarson40 — 2023-06-04 22:41:04 UTC

Here is an example of a Story Grammar Marker that you could create to assist with oral language/retelling and comprehension of narrative stories.

A Great Lesson Planning Guide

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:00:40 UTC

Literacy Lesson Planning Template

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:02:56 UTC

Maybe to use now or in the future?

Structured Comprehension Guide

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:04:30 UTC

A great graphic organizer to use with your case study student.

Syllable Type Charts

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:06:18 UTC

Check out the West Virginia Phonics lessons for some great lessons on teaching the syllable types to help your case study student decode multisyllabic words.

Concept Road Maps

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:13:54 UTC

For Kindergarten - Possible Suggestions

Concept Road Map

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:14:18 UTC

Possible suggestions for first grade.

Concept Road Map

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:14:48 UTC

Possible suggestions for second grade.

Concept Road Map

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:15:09 UTC

Possible suggestions for third grade.

Concept Road Map

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:15:41 UTC

Possible suggestions for fourth grade

Concept Road Map

dlarson40 — 2023-06-06 17:16:58 UTC

Possible suggestions for fifth grade

Syllabication

2023-11-04 20:20:16 UTC

Six syllable types

Syllables

2023-11-04 20:21:24 UTC

William Van Cleave's Morphology Matters

dlarson40 — 2023-11-17 03:14:49 UTC

A great in-depth look at morphology!

Cover, Copy, and Compare

dlarson40 — 2023-11-18 04:07:08 UTC

A way to support spelling and reading irregular words!

When can students make the switch from decodable books?

dlarson40 — 2023-11-18 04:10:26 UTC

How to implement repeated readings

dlarson40 — 2023-11-18 04:15:28 UTC

A great routine for improving vocabulary and comprehension in read alouds

dlarson40 — 2023-11-18 04:18:10 UTC

dlarson40 — 2024-10-12 14:29:34 UTC

dlarson40 — 2024-10-12 14:31:16 UTC

An amazing handwriting video to watch for professional development.

Beyond the Science of Reading

dlarson40 — 2025-04-06 22:24:52 UTC

Reach all Readers

dlarson40 — 2025-04-06 22:25:26 UTC

Reading Above the Fray

dlarson40 — 2025-04-06 22:25:53 UTC

Seven Mighty Moves

dlarson40 — 2025-04-06 22:26:51 UTC

dlarson40 — 2025-06-07 17:53:24 UTC

A great article about how and when to teach comprehension strategies.

dlarson40 — 2025-06-07 17:53:59 UTC

The role of syntax in comprehension

dlarson40 — 2025-06-07 17:54:28 UTC

A great routine for vocabulary and comprehension

The Science of Reading and Five Components of Literacy Instruction by Danielle Larson

The five strands of reading instruction and how they relate to one another...

The brain and vocabulary learning...

A great review on how to accurately pronounce the 44 phonemes of English

How and why to use a sound wall.

This is my bible for phonics rules and refer to it constantly. Eide states that 98% of all words are logical and follow a rule of English. An amazing resource for K-6 teachers and beyond.

A GREAT resource for how to break up high frequency words and teach them by rule and sound.

Landmark book about how we are not programmed to read.

Maryanne Wolf's follow up book...

Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST) Assessment Instructions

Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST)

Kilpatrick's Phonological Awareness Levels

Heart word magic...using orthographic mapping to teach high frequency words. Here are the videos.

Activities that Promote Orthographic Word Mapping

Heggerty Phonemic Awareness

West Virginia Phonics - Phonics and Syllabication Lessons

A Possible Sequencing Chart of Phonics Skills

Free Phonics Assessment

University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI)

CORE Phonics Survey

Florida Center for Reading Research

English Language Arts Standards

The Science of Reading as Explained by UFLI

Article about Sound Walls

Spear-Swerlling's Detailed Structured Literacy Video

A Very Powerful Podcast...

DIBELS TESTING

Transitioning to Sound Walls

Links to Decodables!

Kilpatrick's Book

Really Great Reading Summer School Lessons

Phonics and Spelling Through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)

Acadience Testing

Acadience Testing

CUBED Screening and Progress Monitoring

EasyCBM word-reading measure

Informal Decoding Inventory

Data-Based Differentiation

Word Chains and More..

A less primary-looking sound wall from the Louisiana Department of Education.

Free, portable sound wall

A great PowerPoint on sound walls and how to implement them in the classroom from the Mississippi Department of Education

Sound wall and spelling resources from the Colorado Department of Education

MONSTER TEST - A Developmental Spelling Test

Vocabulary Word List by Grade

Marzano Word List by Grade and Subject

Academic Word List (Coxhead)

Three Tiers of Words

The LENA Study - Building Brains Through Talk

More Science of Reading Resources

A glossary of terms...ones that align with the Science of Reading and those that do not.

National Oral Reading Fluency Norms

FREE Summer Lesson to Download from Heggerty!

FREE Downloads for Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Assessments

A Fantastic and Informative PDF about the Science of Reading.

Vocabulary Map Template

Background Knowledge and Comprehension - Part 2 of this PDF...

Tap It, Map It, Graph It, Zap It!

Grapheme Cards

UFLI Heart Words

Individual Sound Wall - Consonants from UFLI

Vowel Valley Individual Sound Wall from UFLI

UFLI Printable Word Work Velcro Mat

Random Letter Sheets

Nonsense Word Fluency Practice

"Get the Gist" Toolkit

Generating Questions

"How to Teach Essential Words" and other great info about vocabulary

Freyer Model Toolkit

Writing to Learn...

The Simple View of Writing...

A Great Handwriting Freebie

Story Grammar Marker

A Great Lesson Planning Guide

Literacy Lesson Planning Template

Structured Comprehension Guide

Syllable Type Charts

Concept Road Maps

Concept Road Map