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Fall Literacy Screener Now Available!
Check out our latest FREE literacy screener for grades 3-12! The Adolescent Assessment of Literacy (AAL) is an online adaptive screener developed by NCIL to be used during the fall semester. Follow the link below to learn more and access the screener.
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Sign Song
Center for Early Literacy Learning
This PDF shows how signing is an effective way for preschoolers to communicate by improving language and fine motor skills. It explores the different ways to practice signing in various settings.
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Environmental Print
Reading Rockets
Downloadable PDF on ideas on how to use print found in your everyday environment to help develop your child’s reading skills. Also available in Spanish.
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Reading Tips for Parents in Multiple Languages
Reading Rockets
The webpage provides literacy tips and activities for parents in multiple languages to enhance children’s reading skills at home. It includes links to several resources that aim to support parents engage with their children in diverse linguistic environments.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Fluency
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to actively support phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency in children’s literacy.
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Phonics and Word Recognition Instruction in Early Reading Programs: Guidelines for Children with Reading Disabilities
Reading Rockets
An article provides guidelines for determining the accessibility of these phonics and word recognition programs used with children with reading disabilities.
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Scribble Scribble
Center for Early Literacy Learning
This PDF explains how parents can support their child’s learning as early as infancy by providing them opportunities to scribble and draw.
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The First Letter Is …
Center for Early Literacy Learning
Practitioner practice guide for preschoolers to become familiar with letter sounds. Making the connection between pictures and letter sounds is a great way to introduce preschoolers to the alphabet
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Reading Tips for Parents of Babies
Reading Rockets
The webpage offers valuable reading tips specifically for parents with babies, in order to emphasize the importance of early literacy development. It provides practical advice on creating a reading routine, selecting appropriate books, and fostering a positive reading environment to promote language and cognitive development in infants. Available for download as a PDF.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Vocabulary and Comprehension
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to actively support comprehension and vocabulary development in children’s literacy.
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Teacher Practices that Impact Reading Motivation
Reading Rockets
An article introduces Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) or practices to encourage engagement, educators can advance the breadth and depth of students’ reading by explicitly and systematically nourishing students’ motivations as readers.
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What We Know About Reading and the Brain
Reading Rockets
This website features interviews from experts who study the “reading brain” and the use of neuroimaging in early identification of children with dyslexia and other reading disabilities. These excperts argue that teachers can provide crucial help through intensive interventions that activate regions of the brain that support reading.
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Alpha Fun
Center for Early Literacy Learning
Preschoolers can recognize and identify letters especially familiar letters like those in their names. When you join your child in their play with alphabet toys, you encourage their interest in learning.
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Reading Tips for Parents of Toddlers
Reading Rockets
The webpage provides helpful reading tips for parents of toddlers and how to focus on fostering early literacy skills for this specific age group. Offering advice such as selecting engaging books, incorporating interactive elements during reading sessions, and creating a supportive environment to encourage language development and a love for reading in toddlers. Avaialble for download as a PDF.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Writing
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to actively support writing development in children’s literacy.
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Catch Them Before They Fall: Identification and Assessment to Prevent Reading Failure in Young Children
Reading Rockets
A seminal article explains the assessment process and reviews the more commonly used assessment tools.
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Models of Reading
Reading Rockets
This website introduces some widely tested models of reading comprehension, from Scarborough’s Reading Rope, to more newer models that offer ways to support children to become stronger readers. For schools and educators, these models could provide insight into how to target specific assessment and intervention supports for their students.
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Morphological Awareness
Dyslexia Help
Learn more about why morphology is an often-overlooked building block for reading fluency, reading comprehension, and spelling.
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Reading Tips for Parents of Preschoolers
Reading Rockets
The webpage offers practical reading tips for parents of preschoolers. It provides guidance on selecting age-appropriate books, engaging in interactive reading activities, and creating a positive reading environment to enhance language development and prepare preschoolers for literacy success. Available for download as a PDF.
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Reading and Writing SOS: Using Technology for Reading, Writing, and Learning
Reading Rockets
This webpage features a series of Q&A videos where experts answer questions from families and caregivers on supporting children’s literacy. Specifically, answers on how to utilisze technology to better support children’s literacy.