Early and Conventional Literacy: Supporting Learners in Kindergarten-Grade 5

A guide, Implementing Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement
A Guide for School Leaders, Grades K-5, is available for school leaders to support the implementation of evidence-based practices in Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement for students in grades Kindergarten-Grade Five. District and building administrators play key roles in improving literacy outcomes in their districts. Meaningful change must address four key actions: Shared Leadership, Effective Literacy Instruction, Collaborative Problem-Solving and Tiered Systems of Instructional Support, Additional resources and tools for each component are available below as part of the Kindergarten-Grade 5 Toolkit.

For questions about Ohio's Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant, please contact ComprehensiveLiteracy@education.ohio.gov.

To access additional professional learning in literacy aligned to Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement and the School Leader’s Implementation Guide, visit Literacy Academy on Demand.

Shared Leadership

• Information and resources to support implementation through the Ohio Improvement Process
• A module on the Ohio Improvement Process is available from the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council provides overall description of Ohio’s primary strategy for supporting Ohio’s school districts' efforts to improve outcomes for all learners. 
• Data teaming tools from the National Center for Intensive Intervention can help teams facilitate data meetings to support students.
• The Lead for Literacy Center provides resources and support for elementary school leaders on improving literacy teaching and learning outcomes for all students.
• Tools within the implementation guide to support school leaders:
  • District and Building Leadership Team Self-Assessment of Professional Learning Topics
  • Sample Building Leadership Team Meeting Agenda Template
  • Sample Building Leadership Team Problem-Solving Template
  • Systems Coaching Self-Assessment

Effective Literacy Instruction

Essential Early Literacy Skills

• IES Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
• Information on Teaching Reading Basics from Reading Rockets
• A webinar from CORE Learning on Using the Science of Reading to Improve Literacy Instruction for English Learners
• An infographic on the 5 Big Ideas of Beginning Reading from the National Center on Improving Literacy
• All Ohio Literacy provides access to professional learning resources on evidence-based language and literacy instruction.

Quality Instruction

• Information from the National Center on Intensive Intervention on What Every Educator Needs to Know About Explicit Instruction
• Elements of Explicit Instruction for Reading Curriculum Review available from Michigan’s MTSS Technical Assistance Center

Supports for Literacy at Home

• Supporting Your Child’s Reading at Home from the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast includes family activities and videos for Kindergarten-grade 3 aligned to the recommendations from the Practice Guide: Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3^rd Grade
• Parent and Family Resources from the National Center on Improving Literacy
• Ohio's Reading Tips for Families
• Dyslexia Resource Guide for Families from the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
• The Understanding Evidence-Based Literacy Practices PreK-3: Family Edition toolkit is available from the National Center on Improving Literacy

Collaborative Problem-Solving

• A Comprehensive K-3 Assessment Plan: Guidance for School Leaders from the Center on Instruction
• Assessment Terms Used in Reading from the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
• Ohio’s Dyslexia Guidebook
• The School Leader’s Literacy Walkthrough for Grades K-3 from the Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
• Observation Checklist for Reading Components from Reading Rockets

Tiered Systems of Instructional Support

• Intensive Intervention in Reading Course from the National Center on Intensive Intervention
• You Can’t Intervene Your Way Out of a Tier One Problem from the Walsh University Read-a-Palooza
• Rubric for Evaluating Reading/Language Arts Instructional Materials for Kindergarten to Grade 5 from Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast
• Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines from The Reading League feature components aligned with scientific evidence for how children learn to read.
• The K-2 Foundational Skills Evaluation Tool from the Rhode Island Department of Education
• Literacy Access for All, a video series from OCALI, explores strategies grounded in research that are designed to ensure all learners have access to the general curriculum.
• What if Students Don’t Respond to High Quality, Explicit Tier 1 and Tier 2 Instruction? From the PaTTAN Literacy Symposium 2020
• Intensifying Literacy Instruction: Essential Practices
• Tools within the implementation guide to support school leaders:
  • Intervention Intensity Checklist

Last Modified: 9/14/2023 12:06:29 PM

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