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Evidence Based Reading ResourcesAlphabetics InstructionSkills to TeachPhonemic Awareness (pre-print skills) find rhymes, consonance, assonance, initial/media/terminal sounds, sound substitutionsPhonics & Sight Words – teach letter-sound relationships and sight words through numerous exposures and practiceAffixes & Word RootsSyllable TypesResourcesMegawords? teaches how to decode and understand multi-syllabic words The Florida Center for Reading Research has over 100 activities that teach phonics skills Google “Explicit Systematic Phonics,” click link. Sequenced explanation and activities in phonological awareness. sound-spelling, phonics maintenance, blending, word building, and dictation/spellingSee NCCCS ABE Content Standards, Reading Levels 1 & 2 for phonemic awareness benchmarks and activities. (ABSPD>Teaching Resources>Applying Content Standards: GPS for Success) For basic letter/sound correspondences, see Sylvia Greene’s Informal Word Analysis Inventory (phonics test) in ABSPD Teaching Resources Assessment PacketFor most common sight words, google “common sight word list.” “300 Most Common Sight Words” is a good one.Reading Horizons: Computer-based phonics instructionLanguage Experience Approach: Literacy level reading technique in which text composed by the teacher and students is used for reading, vocabulary, and literacy activities. See “The Language Experience Approach and Adult Learners” at . The article is about ESL teaching but the technique is clearly described and can be applied to any learners.Syllable Types: Article “Six Syllable Types,” by Louisa Moats and Carol Tolman, at Reading Rockets: --Also good syllable activitiesSyllable Rules: Phonics on the Web: Affixes and Word Roots: – English Language Roots Reference In depth explanations and resources for understanding and teaching Affixes: - list of common affixes w/meanings and flashcards Fluency InstructionInstructional MethodsEcho ReadingRepeated ReadingCollaborative Oral ReadingMarked Text BoundariesReaders’ TheaterSet specific fluency goals as you use each of these methodsResourcesABSPD Lending Library will loan levelled books for free for a semester Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages a short video about how to get Microsoft Word to read texts, see “5 Sure-Fire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency,” from Scholastic website “Fluency – Instructional Guidelines and Student Activities,” Reading Rockets website Words with Direct Instruction Using:Word Introduction: definition, personal context examples, quadrant chartSentence Completion (first person / target word in sentence stem)Fill in the BlankRead and RespondYes/No/WhyResourcesABSPD website has 38 already prepared vocabulary lesson plans The Adult Learning Resource Center has 19 already prepared vocabulary lessons: ATLAS has 16 already prepared vocabulary lessons Tier 2 words: google The Academic Word List (School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. Victoria University, New Zealand). Click sublists in left columnEPS Wordly Wise, McGraw Hill’s Words to Learn By and the Townsend Press Vocabulary Series are based on Tier 2 words.Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, Isabel Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan. (2002). New York: Guilford prehensionTeaching TechniquesGet the GistQuestioningKWL & Graphic OrganizersFix Up StrategiesText MarkingText Structures - Five most common types for secondary academic text: NarrativeDescriptionCause and EffectCompare and ContrastSequenceResourcesFind Levelled Texts Online at:Changeagent. ($20 for a one year subscription)Reading Skills for Today’s Adults E Reading WorksheetsReading worksheets, activities, and resources aligned with Common Core State Standards. Find Free Books at:Project Gutenberg It has over 50,000 free ebooks The National Book Fund provides books to programs who cannot afford them. Grants may be written each spring. Other Resources:For short nonfiction passages with graphic organizers that map their structure, see “Questioning,” Sue Misiak, Advancing Adolescent Literacy Instruction Together? adlit/strategy/strategy_each.aspx?id=000003 “Summarizing,” Reading KWL chart w/prompts – Read Write Think – “Seven Strategies to Teach Students Reading Comprehension,” including graphic organizers – Reading Rockets Evidence BaseKruidenier, J. (2002). Research-based principles for adult basic education reading instruction. National Institute for Literacy, Partnership for Reading. Retrieved from Lesgold, A. M., & Welch-Ross, M. (2012). Improving adult literacy instruction: Developing reading and writing. National Research Council of the National Academies. Retrieved from McShane, S. (2005). Applying research in reading instruction for adults: First steps for teachers. National Institute for Literacy, Partnership for Reading. Retrieved from See McShane’s Appendix B for “The Content of Phonics Instruction”Adapted from Deborah Britton, 2015 ................
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