Literacy

Geared toward mastery of skills that contribute to phonemic awareness—listening, letter naming, phonological awareness, and serial processing—Stepping Stones to Literacy helps below-benchmark readers. It aligns with proven principles of effective instruction in phonemic awareness. Now with Spanish prompts, each lesson features explicit instructions for use with small groups or individual students

This newly revised word study resource teaches students the most common prefixes, suffixes, and roots and fosters a deeper understanding of the English language.

This teacher resource details an effective method to help students understand the often confusing relationship between phonemes (the sounds we hear in a word) and graphemes (the letters that represent those sounds). Students who are unable to transfer their phonological awareness to print will learn to map words while diagramming the sound-letter relationship.

In this 46-minute video, literacy expert Louisa C. Moats teaches the phonemic decoding, spelling, and proper pronunciation of phonemes. It can be used as a stand-alone resource or as a partner to LETRS Module 2. Includes the Consonant/Phonemes Chart and the Vowel Chart

Sound Partners helps struggling readers who are below benchmark in phonemic awareness and phonics. Using initial sound, phoneme segmentation, nonsense word, and letter naming fluencies, tutors help students build fundamental reading skills. In 30-minute, one-on-one sessions, students improve reading skills, apply decoding techniques, and build fluency using the scaffolded Decodable Reader storybooks.

Collaborative Strategic Reading is a procedure for teaching comprehension skills to students with varied ability levels in one classroom. Proven reading comprehension strategies are combined with cooperative learning groups or paired learning to help children improve their comprehension of narrative and expository text.

Experience a classroom-tested spelling and wordstudy program that teaches concepts explicitly,systematically, cumulatively—and enjoyably! Spellography’s humorous games, entertainingactivities, and engaging instruction reinforce multisyllabic decoding skills, develop readingfluency, teach vocabulary using word roots, and strengthen spelling retention. A wonderfulcomplement to any reading or language arts program, Spellography can be used with theentire class, in small groups, or with individual students.

Beginning readers are set for success with Power Readers. The program features 28 related decodable stories with recurring characters and prereadingand postreading activity pages aligned with the story and the phonics concept. Engaging poetry and student-friendly questions promote vocabulary and comprehension.

The purpose of DIBELS Next Survey is to provide educators with materials and guidelines for using DIBELS measures with students who are reading below grade level.

With this well-researched, two-part method, paraprofessionals (and parents) can become effective reading tutors

Teaching Basic Writing Skills provides teachers with flexible, easy-to-implement strategies for the development of written language.

Prepare preschoolers for success in kindergarten and give them a strong foundation inoral language and literacy with this scientifically based curriculum. This program notonly addresses all developmental domains with theme-based units, children’s literature,multisensory activities, scaffolded instruction, and parental involvement but also creates anengaging environment with activity- and play-based learning

Using today's most effective strategies, the “world's best teachers” model 25 sequential reading lessons that address initial sound, phoneme segmentation, nonsense word, and oral reading fluencies. Presented on five DVDs, the 10- to 20-minute lessons can be used as a teacher training tool or watched with students for “real-time” instruction.

Get students to embrace reading, and you’ll have a profound effect on their lives. Beautifully written and expertly illustrated, these books for Grades 3–8 cover important milestones in history such as the integration of Little Rock High School, Japanese internment during World War II, and the accomplishments of migrant worker organizer Cesar Chavez. Also covered are compelling scientific topics such as the origins of hurricanes, volcanoes, and stars. Metro’s Nonfiction Bookbag will increase students’ reading comprehension, prepare them for high-stakes tests, and make it easier for them to embrace reading.

Daily Oral Vocabulary Exercises (DOVE) improves students’ academic discourse while building background knowledge and comprehension. DOVE focuses on 72 high-frequency academic vocabulary words and their related words, including synonyms, antonyms, and derivatives. Including related words, students develop a fluent, flexible understanding of more than 450 academic words. Targeted academic words are encountered an average of 50 times in varied contexts—so much distributed review makes learning stick!

Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE) is a successful new program that teaches spoken English to non-English-speaking students.

The Key Three Routine™ provides flexible comprehension strategies that can be used in content-area classrooms. This resource can also be used as a supplemental reading comprehension system for students with reading difficulties