The Teaching Improvement Project

Course Content
Module 1 Reading an Introduction – The Big Picture.
‘Reading has the power to change lives. It plays an essential role in learning, securing a job and being an active and engaged member of society. Reading provides us with information, knowledge, and makes us aware of people and places beyond our immediate circles. Learning foundational reading skills supports wellbeing and can translate to a love of reading and literature. As so much of our world rapidly changes around us, learning to read remains one of the most essential outcomes of schooling’. (Education Queensland, 2023. Reading Position Statement.) What Will You Learn? In this module you will explore how reading has been taught in the past and what research and evidence has informed current recommended teaching models. You will explore the complexities of learning to read. Why learning to read is difficult and the impact that low levels of literacy have on society. What the Big 6 or 5 Pillars (National Reading Panel) How the brain learns to read (Stanilas DeHaene) Ehri’s Stages of Reading Development and understand the process of Orthographic Mapping and the Alphabetic Principle. Self Teaching (David Share) Key Reading Frameworks – The Simple View of Reading (Gough and Tumner), Scarborough’s Reading Rope (Hollis Scarborough), and The Four Part Processing Model (Seidenberg and McClelland) The key components of Structured Literacy and how this differs from previous approaches to teaching reading. At the conclusion of this unit of work we will dive deep into the teaching of reading through the lens of the Simple View of Reading’.
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Reading
The State Of Reading Today
The Science of Reading (SoR)
The Big 6 or 5 Pillars of Reading
How the brain learns to read
Ehri’s Stages of Reading Development and understand the process of Orthographic Mapping and the Alphabetic Principle.
Key Reading Frameworks (Simple View of Reading & Scarborough’s Reading Rope)
The Key Components of Structured Literacy
Module 2 – The Foundational Skills: Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness & Phonics
In this module you will learn about the foundational word recognition skills of Scarborough’s Reading Rope and why their acquisition to a level of automaticity is essential to becoming a skilled reader. You will learn about the phonological and orthographical processing systems, how they develop and how they should be taught and assessed.
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Phonological Awareness and Phonemic Awareness
Research – Why phonemic awareness is a critical component of instruction.
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Skills
The importance of clear and precise phoneme articulation
Lesson Planning and Structure
How Does Phonics Fit In?
The English Orthography, Australian English, Standard Australian English (SAE0.
The Alphabetic Principle, The Alphabetic Code, & Alphabetic Code Charts
4 types of phonics instruction – synthetic, analogy, embedded, analytic
Structured Synthetic Phonics – Teaching the word level reading through a systematic, explicit code-based instruction
Sight Word Lexicons, High Frequency Words and How to teach them!
The relationship of reading, spelling and writing
The characteristics of high-quality instructional materials
Decodable Texts and when to move on from decodables
How to assess, screen and use student data to inform teaching
Glossary of Terms
Module 3 – Reading Fluency
In this module you will explore the often overlooked but vital role that fluency plays in the development of a skilled reader.
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The Essential Components of Reading Fluency
Evidence based fluency instruction and strategies to support fluency acquisition
Assessing, Screening and Monitoring Fluency
Reading disfluency and struggling readers
Other Resources, Research and Further Professional Learning
Module 4 – Oral Language & Vocabulary
In this module you will learn how vocabulary develops, and how evidenced based vocabulary instruction can support language comprehension.
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How oral language development is the foundation of vocabulary development
Vocabulary Instruction: Why is it so important
Evidence Based Vocabulary Instruction – direct, explicit, effective
How to screen, monitor and assess oral language and vocabulary
How do we bet support our struggling readers – Vocabulary Instruction
Module 5 – Comprehension: The Skilled Reader
In this module you will explore the complex nature of the comprehension strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope and build your understanding of the essential components required for skilled reading development.
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Meaning Creation, Mental models and Schemas
Layered Model of Effective Comprehension Instruction
Language Comprehension versus Reading Comprehension
The subskills of Language Comprehension
Process versus Product
What causes poor comprehension
Strategy Instruction Within Content Learning
Cognitive Overload and Instructional Considerations
Assessment and monitoring of Language and Reading Comprehension
Module 6 – Putting It Altogether: When Reading Science Meets Practice
In this module you will learn how a structured literacy approach to the teaching of reading can fit into a literacy block and how it can be supported across all Key Learning Areas (KLA’s). You will learn how and when different forms of assessment and screeners can be used to inform, monitor and measure student success.
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The reading and writing connection
Classroom routines
Lower and Upper Literacy Block examples
Multitiered Tiered Intervention/ Instruction
Identifying student needs and reading deficits
Monitoring Student Development and Measuring Success
How to Teach Reading
About Lesson

Assessments, Screeners & Intervention

Monitoring, Screening & Assessing (EDIT) 

Formal Measures

Picture naming curriculum-based measures (children label pictures for 1 min) 

 

Standardized measures of vocabulary knowledge                            

What measure does your school use to assess vocabulary knowledge?

 

Informal Measures

Checklists of taught words

Rating scales

Ask student what a word means and rate definitions on a scale

0 = no knowledge of the word meaning

1 = knows something about the word or provides a partial definition or example

2 = understands the word, provides a full definition, and uses the word in an example

Keep track of responses to questions about words in a lesson targeting vocabulary

 

Ready-Made High-Quality Screeners and Assessments

Ox ED & Assessment

Assessment CUBED

Dibels    

Acadience 

Add Links and other examples 

 

Whole School Approach – RTI/MTSS for Oral Language and Literacy

Add Text / Diagram 

 

 

 

Further Examples of Explicit Vocabulary Instruction

Sort and Cull / move to appropriate sections 

Resources

List-Group-Label | Reading Rockets

Planning resources

Professional Learning

Education isn’t natural – that’s why it’s hard – David Didau

https://education.ufl.edu/patterson/files/2020/10/Willingham-ComprehensionStrategies.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1yEU9bduLzKllw3SQd3qOQoZ_k18nPrpaLBpKymVmb4SCNRwnLkA_5NhA_aem_touoopaAvkXC7cPuC_HvdA

MyCISpaper (1).pdf   K Hempenstall

Unpacking the science of reading research Greta Rollo and Kellie Picker June 2024

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Vocabulary Resources

Melissa Lori Vocabulary Instruction  Home | MLL

Podcast Playlists

Episodes | literacypodcast

Episode 220 Teacher – Tested Vocabulary Strategies (!t Grade Teacher/ Literacy Coach)

Episode 156 Vocabulary Instruction with Sean Morrisey (5th grade teacher)

Episode 155 Language for Life Lyn Stone

Episode 219 Ten Vocabulary Move Backed by Research with Blythe Anderson

Episode 203 Strengthening Language Comprehension in Young Learners with Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell

Episode 218 Building Better Academic talk Routines in the K-8 Classroom

Episode 217 Research- Backed Strategies for Academic Talk with Jeff Zwiers

Episode 167 The Relationship Between Phonics and Language Comprehension with Tiffany Hogan

 

Home | MLL

#scienceofreading #reading #read #teachers #teach #writing #write… | Melissa & Lori Love Literacy™

Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™

Ten Vocabulary Moves Backed by Research with Blythe Anderson

 

Reading Rockets  

Vocabulary – YouTube (Link to Vocabulary Instruction videos)

Previewing Vocabulary Before Reading | Reading Rockets

Teacher-Tested Vocabulary Strategies  Episodes | literacypodcast

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers       https://youtu.be/rzqrtlJPW6A

 

Episodes | literacy podcast

Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning | Reading Rockets

UFL

education.ufl.edu/patterson/files/2020/05/Narrowing-the-Third-Grade-Reading-Gap.pdf

Instructional Routines | Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research    

 

National Centre of Improving Literacy

AAL   https://www.improvingliteracy.org/

 

Australian Research Papers

Risk Factors for Children’s Receptive Vocabulary Development from Four to Eight Years in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children | PLOS One

Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies for the Classroom

 

Emma Mc Clean

How to teach vocabulary for reading comprehension

 

Word Lists

https://pubs.asha.org/doi/pdf/10.1044/2024_LSHSS-24-00021?download=true

Academic Word Lists https://textproject.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/Academic-word-list.pdf

Vocabulary – Videos/ Podcasts/ Blogs

Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets – YouTube

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers

 

Qld Department of Education:

Vocabulary instruction – introduction

https://youtu.be/0bzSmPN8M5Y?list=PLgjv5epyrnQDRvo72rdcpz0PKpYbyckkp

https://youtu.be/0bzSmPN8M5Y?si=02ukvUwdOj7P_eYB

Vocabulary instruction – putting it into practice

https://youtu.be/rfhISChT2e4?si=_Ng_81gxPj7EYV03

https://youtu.be/rfhISChT2e4?list=PLgjv5epyrnQDRvo72rdcpz0PKpYbyckkp

Vocabulary instruction – supporting all learners

https://youtu.be/v4zJLl3rx0E?list=PLgjv5epyrnQDRvo72rdcpz0PKpYbyckkp

https://youtu.be/v4zJLl3rx0E?si=Y54fB6bBrmd-H74T

 

APM Reports: What the Words Say

Module 2: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction | Florida Center for Reading Research

Video 9: Academic Vocabulary in Text (REL Southeast)

Instructional Routines | Florida Center for Reading Research

Links to further resources and Professional Learning

Castle, A., Rastle, K., & Nation, K.  (2018).  Ending the reading wars: Reading acquisition from novice to expert. Psychological Science in Public Interest, 19, 5-51. PDF in folder

Podcast – Lifelong Literacy

Vocabulary Instruction

Lyn Stone Free Videos / Webinars & Downloads (Lifelong Literacy)

Bringing high quality, research-supported literacy instruction to teachers and families – Lifelong Literacy

[Listen Again] Language for Li – Melissa & Lori Love Literacy ™ – Apple Podcasts

Podcast – Lifelong Literacy

LifelongLiteracy.com 

Language for Life by Lyn Stone

Free Videos – Lifelong Literacy    Lyn Stone – YouTube

Free Webinars – Lifelong Literacy

Free Downloads – Lifelong Literacy

Recommended Reading – Lifelong Literacy

 

Florida Dept Ed Vocabulary Resources.pdf

Etymonline – Online Etymology Dictionary

The Writing Revolution – Empower teachers to help students

The Writing Revolution Podcast (Melissa and Lori Love Literacy) 

Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet: Robb, Don, Smith, Anne: 9781570916106: Amazon.com: Books

The Writing Revolution Podcast (Melissa and Lori Love Literacy) 

 

Example of Vocabulary lesson

Instructional Routines | Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocab Instruction in the classroom

Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies for the Classroom

 https://youtu.be/kBqnCHzfkU8  https://youtu.be/kBqnCHzfkU8

Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies for the Classroom

The Writing Revolution Podcast (Melissa and Lori Love Literacy) 

Once Upon a Word: A Word-Origin Dictionary for Kids―Building Vocabulary Through Etymology, Definitions & Stories: Zafarris, Jess: 9781646112593: Amazon.com: Books

National Centre for Intensive Intervention Handouts

Planning Standards Aligned Instruction within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports: Vocabulary Example

Lesson Plan: Word Knowledge: Semantic Feature Analysis

Case Study: Juan

Keys to Literacy    https://www.wordworkskingston.com/WordWorks/Home.html

Five from Five   Morphology and comprehension strategies – Five from Five

Constructing a morphological matrix from word sums: A door to understanding of English spelling

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Glosssary (Add) 

Discourse: Connected speech.

Mental lexicon: Words in long-term memory that are recognised and used in spoken or written language.

 Morpheme: The smallest meaningful part of a word.

Morphology: Refers to the linguistic structure of words, with specific respect to how words may be broken up into meaningful parts (morphemes).

Phonology: The system governing the speech sound patterns that exist in a spoken language.

Semantic: Related to word meanings.

Semantic network:  A structure that shows how concepts or words are related and interconnected.

Simple View of Reading: A theory that describes reading comprehension as the product of both word recognition and language/listening comprehension.

Syntactic bootstrapping: A theory that explains how children learn word meanings by using the structure of language.

Syntax: The grammatical structure of a sentence.

Vocabulary: Knowledge of words’ meanings.

Vocabulary breadth: The size of a person’s vocabulary, or the number of words they know.

Vocabulary depth: The quality of knowledge for each word in a person’s vocabulary.

 

 

 

 

 

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