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Intensive Intervention in Reading Course: Module 7 Overview
National Center on Intensive Intervention
A workshop to provide strategies on how to adapt comprehension instruction to improve instructional modeling, provide practice opportunities, elicit frequent responses, and give effective feedback. Included slides and handbooks and worksheets with activities.
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Reading 101 for Parents: Fluency
Reading Rockets
This webpage discusses fluency in reading and its crucial role in successful literacy development. It provides insights into the significance of fluency, while offering practical tips for parents to help improve their child’s reading fluency.
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Interventions for Struggling Readers
Doing What Works
A video that provides an overview of interventions that can be taken to help aid those who are struggling with reading. Shows different levels of interventions based on individual needs of each kid.
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Examining Student Reading Achievement in the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum
Florida Center for Reading Research
A research snapshot that examines if reading scores differ for students in schools using the Heggerty program compared students in schools using their typical reading instruction.
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Activity: Word Identification Fluency – José
The Iris Center
An activity to identify student’s word fluency. Included the rule to press “1” if the word is read correctly, press “0” if the word is read incorrectly. The dialects and accents should be considered as well.
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Reading 101 for Parents: Vocabulary
Reading Rockets
This webpage discusses the importance of vocabulary development in reading comprehension and overall literacy skills. It provides insights into ways parents can actively support their child’s vocabulary growth.
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Preschool Language and Literacy
Doing What Works
A diagram that shows effective ways to prepare students for sucess in literacy development. The two suggest ways is through manipulation of sound and interactive engagement in child reading.
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Beyond the Books: Tips to Get Your Child to Read More
Florida Center for Reading Research
This infographic provides tips for your child to read more.
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What do teachers need to know about young dual language learners with disabilities?
The Iris Center
A webpage to introduce measures and pratices that can help teachers to distinguish whether a child has a developmental delay or disability and collect their learning process in language learning. Included five strategies designed to address common issues.
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Reading 101 for Parents: Comprehension
Reading Rockets
This webpage discusses the role of comprehension in reading, and offers insights into various strategies for parents to help to improve a child’s comprehension skills.
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User Guide for Sample Reading Lessons
National Center on Intensive Intervention
A pdf that provides examples of readin lessons for educators to use to achieve the best outcome in childs literacy.
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Academic Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention for English Learners
Center on Technology and Disability
Resources aimed to support English learners (ELs) with individualized instruction that cover general instructional practices, MTSS, special education considerations, implementation strategies, and support for family involvement.
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The Simple View of Reading
Reading Rockets
An article to provide a formula demonstrating the widely accepted view that reading has two basic components: word recognition (decoding) and language comprehension.
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Success Stories
International Dyslexia Association (IDA):
List of examples of men and women with dyslexia who have found success in their lives. Includes several hyperlinks to individuals stories
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Supporting Oral Language and Vocabulary Development
Florida Center for Reading Research
A text that outlines ways to support oral language and vocabulary development at home for families with kidsin kindergaten. iNcluding asking response questions and modelling complete sentences.
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Meeting the needs of English learners with disabilities: virtual, hybrid, and returning to in-person instruction
Center on Technology and Disability
Supports for English learners (ELs) with disabilities, particularly in virtual or hybrid learning. As schools transition back to in-person instruction, these materials aim to support learning recovery and enhance support systems for ELs with disabilities.
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What Research Tells Us About Reading, Comprehension, and Comprehension Instruction
Reading Rockets
An article explains the active process of constructing meaning, and how good readers consciously employing comprehension strategies in reading comprehension.
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Accommodations for Students with Dyslexia
International Dyslexia Association (IDA):
Explanation accommodations and modifications as well as a a list of examples for students with Dyslexia.
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Worlds of words
Center for Early Literacy Learning
A document is for literacy learning experiences, including the parents’ practices for literacy practices and the fun facts about the words learning. The document is especially for parents of infants.
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Effective Literacy Interventions | Webinar
Parent TA Centers (PTACs)
A webniar to share explores how teachers can offer literacy instruction interventions that meets a range of student needs, and discusses how school leaders can support effective literacy programs.