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Free Evidence-Based Resources for Literacy Success
Literacy Briefs


Succeeding in School: Essential Features of Literacy Development
This brief discusses two areas of literacy development that students must learn so that they can do well in school.


How Families Can Partner With Schools on Literacy Development
You and the school share responsibility for your child’s language and literacy development. Here's how families and schools can partner.


Is Your Child Having Trouble Reading? Warning Signs and a Checklist
Reading difficulties are most common in the earliest stages of reading. Here's are warning signs of trouble and a checklist for parents.


Defining Dyslexia
Learn the official definition of dyslexia, as well as facts and common myths.


Phonological Awareness: What Is It and How Does It Relate to Phonemic Awareness?
How phonological awareness is like an umbrella.


Features of Structured Literacy Instruction
Structured Literacy is an approach to reading instruction that explicitly teaches systematic word-identification strategies.


Intensifying Reading Instruction: What to Consider
This brief and infographic detail the intensification process and describe what and how to teach students who struggle with reading includin


How to Use Systematic Phonics Instruction in Your Classroom
Phonics instruction teaches the idea that letters, and groups of letters, match individual sounds in printed words.


Why Does Fluent Reading Matter?
Fluency with text is the ability to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories accurately, with enough speed, and expression.


Intensifying Reading Instruction for Students Who Are Not Making Desired Progress
When students aren’t making adequate progress with core or supplemental reading supports, we need to intensify their instruction.


Core Considerations for Selecting a Literacy Screener
Screening is an important part of systems for early identification of students who are at risk for poor education outcomes.


How to Build Fluency with Text in Your Classroom
Importance of fluency in beginning reading and how to teach it in the classroom.


What Do We Mean by Evidence-Based Literacy Resources?
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) emphasizes the use of evidence-based activities, strategies, and interventions.


The Alphabetic Principle: From Phonological Awareness to Reading Words
Connecting letters with their sounds to read and write is called the “alphabetic principle.”


10 Ways to Support Your Child's Literacy at Home
Engaging in literacy activities at home can help develop your child’s reading ability, comprehension, and language skills.
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