This resource has been created to support HPEDSB educators in the design and delivery of skills-based small-group reading instruction. Educators will find supports for incorporating high-impact instructional strategies into their foundational literacy skills instruction and planning for targeted, responsive reading intervention instruction.
A current resource to support instruction of the pronunciation and acquisition of phoneme-grapheme (letter-sound) correspondences in the primary grades. This resource is aligned with phonics skills outlined in the 2023 curriculum and replaces previous "sound chanting" resources.
System Resources: Phonics
Flyleaf is a comprehensive, explicit and systematic reading program that provides evidence-based foundational skills (phonemic awareness and phonics) and close reading (comprehension) instruction. Each kit comes with Teacher Support binders, lesson plans and connected decodable texts.
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Kid Lips provides the support needed to teach students how to produce all 44 phonemes in the English Language. This program teaches students the letter-sound (phoneme-grapheme) connections for reading and spelling. Each Kid Lips kit comes with a Sound Wall (mouth photos and phoneme-grapheme cards) and a guide for classroom instruction.
System Resources: Phonemic & Phonological Awareness
myHeggerty provides resources to teach the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness programs. It includes access to a 1-hour self-paced professional development course, a collection of support videos and resource downloads. See your Principal for the login information.
Kilpatrick's Equipped for Reading Success uses a developmentally appropriate approach designed to boost phoneme awareness, phonics and instant word recognition. It offers teachers word recognition strategies and one-minute activities to supplement daily instruction.
Additional System Resources: Primary Literacy
Seven ways to shift language instruction to a structured literacy approach! Each chapter focuses on a key "move" that K-3 teachers can make in their classrooms through the implementation of SOR-aligned instructional routines and supporting activities.
Oral Language at Your Fingertips (Kindergarten & Primary Grades)
An evidence-based guide that systematically explains the components of oral language (phonological awareness, vocabulary, word and sentence structure, text structure, oral language comprehension and inferencing).