Supporting All Learners
- Active Participation Instruction - Second Grade (video clip)
- Anita Archer’s Explicit Instruction Website
- Best Practice for RTI: Differentiated Reading Instruction for All Students (Tier 1)
- Classroom Reading Instruction That Supports Struggling Readers: Key Components for Effective Teaching
- Differentiated Classroom Structures for Literacy Instruction
- Differentiated Instruction for Reading
- Differentiated Instruction for Writing
- Differentiated Instruction: Key to Student Success
- Differentiated Instruction (Second Grade)
- Embedded Supports to Differentiate Instruction for Struggling Students
- Grouping Students Who Struggle With Reading
- Improving Participation with Talk Moves
- Rosenshine (2012) article, “Principles of Effective Instruction: Research-Based Strategies that All Teachers Should Know”
- Understanding Differentiated Instruction
- Using Student Center Activities to Differentiate Reading Instruction: A Guide for Teachers
- Using Thinkalouds with Fiction and Nonfiction Text (video)
English Language Learners
- Accessing Students' Background Knowledge in the ELL Classroom
- Colorin Colorado
- The Critical Role of Oral Language in Reading for Title I and ELL Students
- Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
- English Language Learners
- Instructional and Language Scaffolds for English Learners in Elementary Classrooms
- Instructional Decision-making Procedures for Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students (section on ELs)
- Linking the Language: A Cross-Disciplinary Vocabulary Approach
- A Multidimensional Approach to Vocabulary Instruction: Supporting English Language Learners in Inclusive Classrooms
- Narrative Story Structure: Questions and Considerations (English & Spanish)
- Reader's Theater: Oral Language Enrichment and Literacy Development for ELLs
- Reading Poetry with English Language Learners
- Reading Process in Spanish
- Reading Support for Spanish-Speaking Students in Elementary Classrooms
- Response to Intervention in Reading for English Language Learners
- Second Set Partners: A Turn and Talk Strategy (video clip)
- Six Key Strategies for Teachers of English-Language Learners
- Spanish Syllables into Words activity
- Supporting ELLs in the Mainstream Classroom: Reading Instruction
- Supporting the English Language Learner
- Teaching English Language Learners to Read
- Teaching Literacy in English to K-5 English Learners
- Texas English Language Learner's Portal (TEA)
- Using Cognates to Develop Comprehension
- Using Multimedia to Promote Vocabulary Learning: Supporting English Language Learners in Inclusive Classrooms
- What's 'Normal,' What's Not: Acquiring English as a Second Language
- Writing Poetry with English Language Learners
Word Study & Recognition
- Building Blocks for Spelling
- Classroom Strategies
- Daily Sample Lessons/Activities: Phonics/Word Study
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Blending
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Isolating
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Manipulating
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Manipulating What's Left?
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Matching
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Segmenting
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonemic Awareness Centers (Grades 2-3): Phoneme Segmenting and Blending
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonics Centers (Grades 2-3): High Frequency Words
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonics Centers (Grades 2-3): Letter-Sound Correspondence
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonics Centers (Grades 2-3): Morpheme Structures
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonics Centers (Grades 2-3): Syllable Patterns
- Florida Center for Reading Research Phonics Centers (Grades 2-3): Variant Correspondences
- Guidelines for Examining Phonics and Word Recognition
- How Spelling Supports Reading and Why It Is More Regular and Predictable Than You May Think
- Irregular Word Practice Look-Say-Cover
- Morphological Awareness
- Phoneme Grapheme Mapping Syllable Patterns
- Reading, Writing, and Role Play (video)
- Sample of Daily Lessons for Phonics
- Six Syllable Sort
- Sound-Spelling chart
- Target 2% Lessons to Support Phonics for Grades K through 5
- Teaching Tutorial: Decoding Instruction
- West Virginia Phonics Lessons includes lesson plans, word lists, and decodable text
- Word and Sentence Dictation – 2nd Grade (video)
- Word Study: A New Approach to Teaching Spelling
Fluency
- Classroom Strategies
- Florida Center for Reading Research Fluency Centers (Grades 2-3): Chunked Text
- Florida Center for Reading Research Fluency Centers (Grades 2-3): Connected Text
- Florida Center for Reading Research Fluency Centers (Grades 2-3): Letter-Sound Correspondence
- Florida Center for Reading Research Fluency Centers (Grades 2-3): Phrases
- Florida Center for Reading Research Fluency Centers (Grades 2-3): Word Parts
- Florida Center for Reading Research Fluency Centers (Grades 2-3): Words
- Fluency: Error Correction Cards
- Fluency: Partner Reading with Retell
- Fluency: Partnering Students
- Fluency (Second Grade)
- Paired Reading
- Reader's Theater
- Reading Fluency Viewed as Neglected Skills
- Shared Reading
- Target 2% Lessons to Support Fluency for Grades K through 5
- Timed Repeated Reading
Vocabulary
- Classroom Strategies
- Florida Center for Reading Research Vocabulary Centers (Grades 2-3): Morphemic Elements
- Florida Center for Reading Research Vocabulary Centers (Grades 2-3): Word Analysis
- Florida Center for Reading Research Vocabulary Centers (Grades 2-3): Word Knowledge
- Florida Center for Reading Research Vocabulary Centers (Grades 2-3): Word Meaning
- Florida Center for Reading Research Vocabulary Centers (Grades 2-3): Words in Context
- Linking the Language: A Cross-Disciplinary Vocabulary Approach
- A Multidimensional Approach to Vocabulary Instruction: Supporting English Language Learners in Inclusive Classrooms
- Planning for Vocabulary Instruction: Selecting Vocabulary Words to Preteach Before Reading
- Promoting Vocabulary Development: Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction
- Read Aloud - Wolf - Second Grade (video)
- Reading Rockets: Vocabulary
- Target 2% Lessons to Support Vocabulary for Grades K through 5
- Using Multimedia to Promote Vocabulary Learning: Supporting English Language Learners in Inclusive Classrooms
- Vocabulary Activities for Extended Student Practice
- Vocabulary Instruction Second Grade (video)
- Vocabulary Lesson Plan
- Ways to Build Word Knowledge
Comprehension
- Classroom Strategies
- Comprehension Instruction
- Comprehension: Teaching Strategies and Examples, from the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon
- Florida Center for Reading Research Comprehension Centers (Grades 2-3): Expository Text Structure
- Florida Center for Reading Research Comprehension Centers (Grades 2-3): Monitoring for Understanding
- Florida Center for Reading Research Comprehension Centers (Grades 2-3): Narrative Text Structure
- Florida Center for Reading Research Comprehension Centers (Grades 2-3): Text Analysis
- Higher Order Thinking Question Stems
- How to Encourage Higher Order Thinking
- How to Increase Higher Order Thinking
- Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
- Narrative Story Structure: Questions and Considerations (English & Spanish)
- Read Aloud - Wolf – 2nd Grade (video)
- Target 2% Lessons to Support Comprehension for Grades K through 5
- Using Cognates to Develop Comprehension
- Using Thinkalouds with Fiction and Nonfiction Text (video)
- The Wraparound Learning Experience (video)
Writing
- Classroom Strategies
- Differentiated Instruction for Writing
- Reading Rockets: Writing
- Reading, Writing, and Role Play (video)
- Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers (What Works Clearing House/IES)
- Why Handwriting Is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age
- Writing Poetry with English Language Learners
- Writing (Second Grade)
Using Assessment Data
- Achieving a Wealth of Riches: New Alliance Brief Examines How Teachers Can Use Data to Transform Teaching and Learning
- Closing the Achievement Gap: Collaborating to Support Student Success professional development module
- Selecting an Intervention to Meet Students’ Needs: A “How-To” Resource for Educators
- Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making
Other Links
- Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades
- Center on Accelerating Student Learning (CASL)
- Classroom Reading Instruction That Supports Struggling Readers: Key Components for Effective Teaching
- Find What Works Based on the Evidence: Literacy
- Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (What Works Clearinghouse/IES)
- How Spelling Supports Reading and Why It Is More Regular and Predictable Than You May Think
- Student Center Activities, Grades 2-3
- Using Research to Inform Literacy Instruction: Do Children Learn to Read Naturally?
- Word and Sentence Dictation (video)