Training Modules
T/TAC Online Webshops:
- Dyslexia: A Deeper Understanding Training Modules -This online learning experience provides information around topics related to dyslexia: Virginia Legislation Related to Dyslexia and Reading, Definition of Dyslexia within the Administrative Code of Virginia and the International Dyslexia Association, Prevalence and Characteristics of Dyslexia, Assessment and Progress Monitoring, Instruction Examining the Five Components of Reading, Social Emotional Impact of Dyslexia, Accommodations and Assistive Technology
- A Deeper Dive Into Literacy - 30 minute videos explore a literacy concept through its research base or the why, and then learn the how, instruction, necessary to put it into practice. We, as educators, need to understand the why of research and then the how to operationalize the research within our teaching practice.
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Other Site Resources
- Big Ideas in Beginning Reading (Institute for the Development of Education Achievement, University of Oregon) provides a comprehensive, easy-to-read description of the research and theories behind each of “the big five” ideas in beginning reading instruction—Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetic Principal, Accuracy and Fluency with Text, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. The website includes succinct definitions of the terms, describes how to assess these components, and provides information on how to teach them. This is a comprehensive and useful resource for pre-school, primary, and elementary teachers of reading as well as for parents and teachers of students with language and reading disabilities. Grade Level: Pre-school through 5th grade.
- Literactive "Teaching Children to Read" provides free on-line reading material for pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade students. The program is comprised of levelled guided readers, phonics activities, and supplemental reading materials for developing children's reading skills. It is a helpful supplemental resource for teachers and parents to use with students in school or at home. The site does require that you register. Grade Level: Pre-school through 1st grade.
- Florida Center for Reading Research
- VPK Learning Center Activities for Pre-K and Kindergarten provides activities for use in pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms. The Alphabet Knowledge section includes lessons and support materials to teach and reinforce letter naming, letter sounds, and emergent writing skills. The Phonological Awareness section includes links to a variety of lessons and activities. The Language and Vocabulary section has a large number of language-rich activities for developing readers. Grade Level: Pre-school through Kindergarten.
- Reading Rockets includes research-based strategies for teaching reading and helping struggling readers develop critical reading skills. The site also includes instructional videos, links to PBS shows that support reading instruction, and children’s books and authors. Author interviews, author studies, themed book lists, nonfiction books, suggestions for choosing and using children’s books in the classroom, and instructional activities accompany several of the titles. Grade Level: Pre-school through high school.
- IRIS Center includes 15 modules related to reading, literacy and language arts. Modules address assessment practices, evidence-based strategies, intensive instruction, and other areas related to reading and writing. These comprehensive modules offer content through text, video, and interactive activities. Grade Level: Pre-school through high school.
- What the Research Tells Us About Effective Reading Instruction The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) website reviews existing research on different commercial and noncommercial programs, products, and practices in education. The aim of WWC is to provide educators and parents with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions around “What works in education?” Grade level: Pre-school through high school.
- What Works Clearinghouse the effectiveness of early phonological awareness training on preschool age children in which various exercises focused on identifying, segmenting, deleting, rhyming, and blending spoken words was found to have a significant impact on later reading skills acquisition. Grade level: Pre-school.
- What Works Clearinghouse Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade via the use of explicit reading comprehension strategies. The article describes explicit instruction in the classroom including activating prior knowledge, questioning, visualizing, monitoring, clarifying, and ‘Fix Up’ strategies taught to mastery to students and used consistently to monitor independent reading comprehension. The link includes a 5:27 minute video of a teacher demonstrating the instruction. Grade level: Kindergarten through 3rd grade.
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