Did you know literacy instruction is changing? Did you know Thompson teachers are learning new methods for supporting your students in literacy? Have you ever wondered what the research says and how literacy instruction is changing?  Would you like more information on how to support your children's literacy at home?

Well, you are in the right spot! This site will give you information about how scientific research is guiding literacy instruction and what that looks like in the classroom instructional model. 

We may teach your children literacy at school, but so much of their vocabulary development, language comprehension, and oral language skills are developed with their family at home. You can make a great impact on your students' literacy learning and school success by making literacy an everyday part of your home routine. Reading and talking about it, talking about what was learned or the plot of a show on TV or a movie, noticing interesting words and talking about them are all ways to support literacy learning. Are you noticing a theme? The more you talk about literacy, which includes everything from reading, to plot, to information learned, to vocabulary, to sounds, and meaning units in words, the more they will learn!