The focus of this module is on reading research, state standards, and evidence-based instructional practices that ground the science of teaching reading (STR).

This module emphasizes that healthy literacy communities offer crucial support for all students as they embark on their lifelong literacy journeys.

Consider the impact a culturally responsive and literacy-rich environment has on student learning. There are key teacher actions that promote a culturally sustaining, literacy-rich community in the classroom.  

The purpose of this module is to support your understanding of high-quality assessment practies that align with the science of teaching reading, so you can make informed decisions about how to support all students' literacy development.

The main objective of this module is to ensure that you have the knowledge and skills to implement oral-language and vocabulary instruction so your students develop strong language and literacy skills.

Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate sounds in words, which is foundational for reading comprehension. This module explains the phonological awareness continuum and the relationship between phonological awareness and reading .

The purpose of this module is to ensure you have the knowledge and skills to promote all students' development of grade-level print concepts, alphabet knowledge, and handwriting to support strong foundational literacy skills. The awareness of print concepts and alphabet knowledge is foundational to the development of decoding, encoding, and reading comprehension. The pre-reading skills covered in this module fall under the TEKS "Foundational Language Skills" strand within Kindergarten and first grade. 

The purpose of this module is to enhance your knowledge of decoding and encoding and support your ability to provide high-quality beginning reading and writing instruction.  This module provides information about critical factors that contribute to word-reading development and includes routines and strategies that you can incorporate in your own classroom context.

The purpose of this module is to ensure that you have the knowledge and skills to teach your students to be fluent readers who enjoy a variety of texts at their grade level and beyond.