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This booklet describes activities that parents can do with their children to improve reading skills at specific ages from kindergarten through third grade.
Topic: Beginning Reading


Read a fact sheet that discusses effective reading instruction and how educators develop and implement effective instruction.
Topic: Beginning Reading, Language Development


The information in this Third Grade Teacher's Guide is designed to assist teachers in supporting out-of-school literacy activities that are aligned to classroom instruction, informed by student need, grounded in evidence-based practices, and facilitated by ongoing parent-teacher communication. The Teacher's Guide provides a framework for literacy support activities presented during schools' family literacy nights and parent-teacher conferences.
Topic: Beginning Reading, Partnerships


A preschool teacher discusses how she plans early literacy and language instruction, extends learning through teachable moments, and monitors student learning using a thematic unit on oceans.
Topic: Beginning Reading


Developed by the Alabama Department of Education, this document describes children's stages of literacy skills, and what teachers and families can do to support reading development.
Topic: Beginning Reading, Language Development


This booklet shares family common goals about literacy for their children along with actions to take that match the goals.
Topic: Beginning Reading


This webpage gives an overview of the Five Big Ideas in Beginning Reading.
Topic: Beginning Reading


Read this guide for ideas about how to plan instruction around achieving the Common Core reading standards.
Topic: Beginning Reading


This video shows a kindergartener demonstrating how to find a word's meaning. Watch as she defines a word using context and then uses the glossary to check her guess.
Topic: Vocabulary, Language Development, Beginning Reading


Get some ideas about how troubleshoot early reading instruction by reading about these realistic scenarios.
Topic: Beginning Reading


This tool is developed with consideration of Colorado's READ Act and with the current research into how children learn to read. It is not a condemnation of any program or meant to dismiss or demean any program and should be used as a dialogue tool. A link to a generic tool is also included.
Topic: Beginning Reading, Partnerships

Use this guide to plan assessments for K-3 reading.
Topic: Beginning Reading


This inforgraphic describes what variables school should consider when implementing early literacy interventions.
Topic: Beginning Reading, Interventions


Learn about instructional considerations centered around the Big 5 Ideas of Beginning Reading within the Oregon Literacy Framework.
Topic: Beginning Reading


This module examines how to use collaborative strategic reading in your classroom.
Topic: Beginning Reading


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The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2022 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org