When large portions of students are struggling to meet grade level benchmarks in reading, schools often make the mistake of trying to use interventions to remedy the problem. Instead, both teachers and administrators should look to improve the core reading instruction that all students are receiving in order to get to the true root cause.
Support Materials for Unit 2
A Reflection and Discussion Guide and a Video Guide for all four videos in Unit 2 are available on the Unit 2 overview page.
Presenters: Dr. Lisa Silmser, Bethel University; Dr. Carrie Pfeifer, Bethany Lutheran; Wendy Lundsgaard, Decoding Dyslexia Minnesota (DDMN)
Relevant Links and Resources
- Resource for Decodable Texts
- Rubric for Evaluating Reading/Language Arts Instructional Materials for Kindergarten to Grade 5
- Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines K-5 English Language Arts
- Consumer’s Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program Grades K-3: A Critical Elements Analysis
- School Leader’s Literacy Walkthrough for Grades K-5, Florida Center for Reading Research
- Classroom Literacy Walkthroughs
- R.I.S.E. Arkansas Science Reading Resources