new strategic priorities on literacy

- rules for syllable types

-spelling rules

-morphology

-words of origin

-instructional strategies that will work with any curriculum

-high frequency words (The order of how to teach the words. It includes what is needed for basic decodable text. What is the frequency found in text determines the order. Teaching to phonetic patterns).

-vocabulary

-structures to integrate oracy and collaboration

-writing (starting with dictation) for the sound , word and sentence, before moving on to expression.

• Solid understanding on how to teach reading - what does is look like and what does it sound like (see teacher professional development).

• How to coach teachers to use various strategies and structures in the class (should be used in professional development provided to teachers by administrators). Since different administrators have different coaching abilities, school can be paired up to deliver professional development together. This will help to build the capacity of leaders.