The Literacy Architects

Developing data habits that center student growth and instructional adjustment is key for building skilled readers! Diagnostic instruction targets and monitors student needs using data. Structured literacy uses data-based decision making to inform instruction.

🔔 New blog post alert! 🔔 "From early childhood to adulthood, repetition plays a pivotal role in building strong foundations for literacy skills and fostering deep comprehension." Read it here: bit.ly/4mI1kWY

We've had the most amazing time with leaders at DC Prep this summer! Grissom, et al. (2021) found that if a district could invest in improving the performance of just 1 adult in a school, investing in the principal is likely the most efficient way to affect student achievement.

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Structured literacy is different from traditional instruction because it is based on evidence from cognitive science and education research which has proven specific instructional strategies and elements to be more effective.

Students should be provided with regular opportunities to practice newly learned letter-sound correspondences through the reading of decodable words, phrases, and connected texts. The more they practice their new knowledge, the more likely they are to be able to internalize it!

This week's edition of Literacy Leaders: It's round-up time! Open for a collection of articles and links we've been loving here at The Literacy Architects. Explore them here: theliteracyarchitects.com/links

Get students reading with these evidence-based strategies instead: 💙 Repeated reading 🩵 Partner reading 🧡 Teacher read-alouds 💚 Student follows along with text while listening to audiobook

What if students read aloud, read to a partner, read to a teacher, or listened to a model of fluent reading while following along with the text instead of independently reading during the school day?

"If we can show students how to break a complex word down into smaller parts, it can be easier for them to decode." Read it here: bit.ly/4lBqx3V

Students need multiple opportunities to practice reading new words -- multisyllabic words too! Which of these strategies have you tried with your students?

Read more about literacy support for older readers here: bit.ly/3sLM0kJ

As many people stateside celebrate Independence Day, we're focusing on the independence that is only possible with the ability to read. Without literacy, liberty isn't possible. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” -Frederick Douglass

The science of reading empowers us to support students in specific ways and help them apply the explicit word analysis skills we've been teaching them! Spelling-focused and syllable-focused cueing are two ways to do just that.

We couldn't be happier to be an approved structured literacy PD provider for Aloha State! Learn more about our 37-hour hybrid professional development course here: bit.ly/3I5SFh7