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This video shows how child interests can lead to learning.

This video shows you ways for making your home rich in early learning experiences.

This short video clip shows how simple everyday experiences can teach children powerful lessons, which are the building blocks for reading and writing.

This video shows simple but powerful ways to promote early literacy skills in four and five year olds.

This video describes the importance of "tuning in" to your child's behavior, and reviews the characteristics of a "tuned-in" adult-child interaction style.

Find resources related to specific disabilities for Virginia schools.

The goal of the plan is to ensure that all children have the necessary skills to become successful readers, writers, speakers, and listeners with the critical thinking skills that are required to be successful as they progress and transition through the stages of their lives from birth through high school graduation.

This video provides an example of how an educator can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to extend practice for a student virtually.

This video provides an example of how an educator can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to extend practice for a student virtually.

This video provides an example of how a parent can implement one of the NCII sample reading lessons to provide additional practice opportunities

This diagram serves as a visual overview of four recommended practices based on the Improving Adolescent Literacy Practice Guide. The diagram can be used by presenters or professional developers to orient their audience to the central practices and recommendations in the Adolescent Literacy topic.

This visual diagram can be used to engage preschool teachers in discussion about their early literacy instruction.

The diagram serves as a visual overview of three recommended practices based on the Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade Practice Guide-teach comprehension strategies, focus on text structure, and engage students with text. It can be used by presenters or professional developers to orient their audience to the practices and recommendations central to the K-3 Reading Comprehension topic.

The visual diagram illustrates three essential practices (universal screening, progress monitoring and differentiation, and systematic skill instruction) based on the recommendations in the Practice Guide.

This sheet by the Idaho Commission for Libraries includes an activity, song, and
tips to help develop your young child's language and vocabulary skills.

This sheet by the Idaho Commission for Libraries includes an activity, song, and
tips to help develop your young child's language and vocabulary skills.

This lesson on affixes and suffixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

This lesson on base words and prefixes may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

This vocabulary lesson may be used to supplement reading instruction to meet student needs.

Consider using this planner as a resource to help teachers plan how they will highlight and explicitly teach vocabulary words they have selected from a story.