When people think about the science of reading, they tend to focus specifically on the concepts of phonological awareness and phonics. But we cannot lose focus on another absolutely essential piece of effective literacy instruction: language comprehension.
Support Materials for Unit 1
A Reflection and Discussion Guide and a Video Guide for all four videos in Unit 1 are available on the Unit 1 overview page.
Presenters: Dr. Deb Peterson and Eva Boehm, University of Minnesota; Carey Seely, Ridgeview Elementary School
Relevant Links and Resources
- Guest Post: 5 Tips for Asking Better Questions after Teacher Observations
- Post observation conversations with teachers, about learners: Guidance for observers
- 18 Ways to Improve Teacher Observations
- Classroom Observation questions
- ELA Observation Tool
- Instructional Rounds Observation protocol
- Asking Good Questions, ASCD
- Oregon Reading First literacy observation tools
- Literacy walkthrough & other tools
- What Classroom Walkthroughs are and are not
- Literacy Look Fors (Solution Tree)