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Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction

Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction

For School Leaders, Text-dependent Instruction

Did you know that one of the best ways to improve your students’ reading skills is through writing? That’s right—even though there’s often a separation between reading and writing instruction in the classroom, the two skills are more closely related...
What to Do With Your Leveled Readers!

What to Do With Your Leveled Readers!

For School Leaders, Text-dependent Instruction

​So your school is transitioning to the science of reading, but there’s one big problem—you still have all the A-Z leveled readers and predictable books that were purchased to align with your old curriculum and balanced literacy practices. If you’re looking at...
Strategies for Improving Fluency

Strategies for Improving Fluency

For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction

What comes to mind when you hear the term fluency? Is it fast, timed reading? The number of words a student can read in a one minute? While speed and accuracy are two factors to include when assessing fluency, fluency also includes expression, smoothness, pace and...
Seven Strategies to Support Vocabulary Instruction

Seven Strategies to Support Vocabulary Instruction

For School Leaders, Text-dependent Instruction

Vocabulary is one of the language comprehension strands in Scarborough’s Reading Rope (Scarborough, H.S., 2001) and includes word meaning, breadth (number of words known), depth (richness of word knowledge), and precision (accurate use of words in context), with a...
Science of Teaching Reading Gift Guide!

Science of Teaching Reading Gift Guide!

For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction, Uncategorized

There’s still time to check off any remaining gifts on your list, especially gifts that support the science of teaching reading! Whether you’re shopping for other educators, treating yourself or your class to a gift, or even making suggestions to parents, we’ve...
The Latest Research (and Debate) on Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Instruction

The Latest Research (and Debate) on Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Instruction

For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction, Uncategorized

Let’s talk about a recent debate in the science of reading world around phonological and phonemic awareness instruction. Something that’s really important to us here at The Literacy Architects is making sure our PD and curricular recommendations are tied to...
The Inefficiencies of Running Records

The Inefficiencies of Running Records

For School Leaders, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, Text-dependent Instruction, Uncategorized

As an educator, you may be familiar with the term, “running records”. They are a benchmarking tool used by teachers to assess a student’s reading level. As a student reads a text aloud, teachers record the student’s word reading accuracy, errors, and self-corrections,...
Seven Strategies to Scaffold Grade-Level Texts

Seven Strategies to Scaffold Grade-Level Texts

Text-dependent Instruction, Uncategorized

We know students need exposure to grade-level texts on a regular basis, but how does this work for students who are reading below grade level? How can we structure lessons in a way that leads to a constructive, joyful challenge, rather than a frustrating learning...
Simple Ideas for Text-based Virtual Lessons

Simple Ideas for Text-based Virtual Lessons

Strategies for Remote and Hybrid Learning, Text-dependent Instruction

Our virtual instruction one-pager has simple, easy-to-implement suggestions for synchronous and asynchronous learning — it’s perfect for those who may be new to remote instruction or want ideas on how to implement text-dependent instruction in the remote...

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  • Strategies for Improving Fluency
  • Seven Strategies to Support Vocabulary Instruction
  • Science of Teaching Reading Gift Guide!
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