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• Word Study and Word Knowledge - Literacy Professional Development Site

  Word knowledge includes understandings about the developmental nature of spelling and word awareness (word study), accompanying sound skills (phonological awareness), and knowledge of high frequency.....

• K-2 Literacy Resources - Literacy Professional Development Site

  Early literacy instruction plays a key role in producing successful students and adults.  Reasearch has linked effective early literacy instruction to academic achievement, reduced grade retention,...

• Literary Elements - Literacy Professional Development Site

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• SMART - Literacy Professional Development Site

  Good readers are constantly thinking as they read. Not only are they thinking about the content of the reading selection, but they are also monitoring their own comprehension.  Good readers know...

• Assessment - Literacy Professional Development Site

  The ability to teach students what they need to know requires that reading teachers continually use a blend of formal and informal measures to identify students’ strengths and weaknesses in...

• Before Reading - Literacy Professional Development Site

  The most powerful time to support student readers is before students begin to read. Before reading strategies help students activate prior knowledge and focus their attention on the purpose of the...