The National Center on Intensive Intervention has created a chart of scientifically based tools to measure students’ progress. Determine which one best fits your school’s needs.
Revising is the process of reviewing, refining, and improving written compositions. It is a crucial step in the writing process and goes beyond simply correcting spelling and grammar; it also involves rethinking and refining the content, structure, and style of a written piece.
To many students, revision means correction. This article defines revision and suggests ways teachers can encourage their students to truly revise their work.
Learn about evidence-based practices that encourage first graders’ engagement with texts. The authors review reading as a transactional process, revisit the benefits of reading aloud to students, discuss three literacy strategies implemented in one first-grade classroom, and share examples of student work.
This resource bank aligns with the competencies and components of instruction required to develop a proficient level of knowledge in the Science of Reading and Structured Literacy within the Rhode Island Right to Read Act.
Rhyme is found in poetry, songs, and many children’s books and games. Most children also love to sing and recite nursery rhymes. Words that can be grouped together by a common sound, for example the “-at” family — cat, hat, and sat — can be used to teach children about similar spellings. Children can use these rhyme families when learning to read and spell.
