Assessing for Learning
Download informal tests for assessing basic phonics skills, sight word fluency,
and syllabic analysis. Learn about additional assessment resources.
Developing Syllabic Analysis
Explore a scope and sequence for developing syllabic analysis skills and download lessons for teaching four key syllabic analysis strategies.
Developing Phonics Skills
Learn two highly effective approaches, word building and speech-to-print phonics for developing basic phonics skills and eight high-payoff activities for reinforcing these skills. Learn how to match early readers with materials that reinforce the skills they have been taught. See a listing of children’s books and articles that are ordered according to the phonics skills needed to read them.
assisting struggling readers
Learn about an approach for bringing below-level students up to or close to grade level: the steppingstone approach. In addition, there is an annotated list of high-quality informational books for below-level readers.
creating readers
Find out about this source of dozens of high-quality periodicals that is absolutely free.
The periodicals range from pre-k to high school and are available to anyone who has a library card.