Websites to Check Out

Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network website:  https://www.unl.edu/asdnetwork/

The Nebraska ASD Network is committed to providing up-to-date information and training based on current research about autism spectrum disorders. 

Science of Reading:  This website was created to organize information shared on the Facebook group Science of Reading-What I Should Have Learned in College. As educators, specialists, and parents have joined the Facebook page to gain knowledge on the science of reading, a community has been created. This knowledgeable community shares resources and experiences on the science of reading and implementation in schools and at home. It is my hope to provide you with as many resources available worldwide in order to improve literacy outcomes for all. This website is fluid and will be updated frequently. Check the “Events” tab for upcoming book studies and webinars.

  Kansas TASN Multi-Tier System of Supports and Alignment website:    https://www.ksdetasn.org/mtss 

Florida Center for Reading Research:  https://fcrr.org/ 

Part of the Florida Center for Reading Research’s mission is to disseminate information about research-based practices related to literacy instruction and assessment for children in Pre-K through 12th grade. This includes a number of classroom activities developed by teachers at FCRR for use in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms and pedagogical information for empowering teachers with the skills and knowledge for effective instruction in the classroom.

Consortium on Reading Excellence in Education:   https://www.corelearn.com/

Since 1995, CORE has worked with more than 100,000 educators to build their competence and confidence to implement their chosen ELA and math curricula and provide instruction grounded in research and evidence-based practices.

CORE is offering a free webinar series featuring Louisa Moats, David Chard, Emily Hanford, Linnea Ehri, Steve Dykstra and other reading experts at:  https://www.corelearn.com/2020-21-webinar-series/?mc_cid=ae185d2122&mc_eid=103d72c887

The Reading Teacher's Top Ten Tools:  https://readingteacherstoptentools.com/

Is an online self-paced reading course over the ten tools, unlike any reading course or professional development previously available to teachers. The course content is based upon a firm foundation of proven knowledge and pedagogy, research and practice that truly informs the daily work teachers do to teach their students to read. The International Dyslexia Association awarded the course with Accreditation. 

onetab:  Adaptive Learning for PreK-2 without wifi:  https://openupresources.org/digital-supports/onetab/

onetab is a pre-loaded device with math, reading, and writing content designed for Pre-K to 2nd grade students to safely use without the need for wifi or a parent/teacher help. In just 40 minutes a day, students engage with personalized Math and ELA lessons designed for their abilities and needs. This supplemental solution can work for remote learning, blended learning, and in-person instruction. 

EBLI: Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction:  https://eblireads.com/

Learn effective , proven tools to teach foundational skills and help all students improve in reading, writing and spelling. EBLI provides teachers with training and lessons based on the Science of Reading.    

Iowa Reading Reseach, Literacy Lessons Series:  https://iowareadingresearch.org/tags/effective-literacy-lessons 

The Iowa Reading Research Center has a blog post as part of an ongoing series entitled “Effective Literacy Lessons.”  In these posts, they provide a brief summary of the research basis for an approach to teaching reading or writing skills, and an example of how a teacher might “think aloud” to model what students should do in completing portions of the lesson. The intent of these posts is to provide teachers a starting point for designing their own effective literacy lessons.

The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk:   https://meadowscenter.org/

The Meadows Center, within the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, helps educators, researchers, and families enact evidence-based practices that lead to student success. 

National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII): https://intensiveintervention.org/

NCII builds the capacity of state and local education agencies, universities, practitioners, and other stakeholders to support implementation of intensive intervention in literacy, mathematics, and behavior for students with severe and persistent learning and/or behavioral needs. NCII’s approach to intensive intervention is data-based individualization (DBI).

UFLI Virtual Teaching Resource Hub:  https://education.ufl.edu/ufli/virtual-teaching/main/instructional-activities/   

 Instructional activities designed to promote the development of strong foundational literacy skills. 

The Sixth Shifts: Free Downloads:  Free, downloadable resources for short and long vowel word lists and sentences, word chain lists, explicit phonics lesson template, sound spelling cards, and a sound pronunciation video. 

Structured Literacy:   NDE's Early Reading Skills Toolkit is a collection of relevant and practical resources to support a student’s development of important reading skills.. Contains resources for Instruction, Curriculum and Assessment. 

Reading Rockets:  https://www.readingrockets.org/ 

Reading Rockets offers a rich library of evidence-based classroom strategies to help young children become skilled readers. Includes a learning library, links to expert blogs, feature booklists, and support for literacy at home. 

ReadWorks:  https://www.readworks.org/ 

ReadWorks is built on the science of reading to ensure students can steadily expand their background knowledge, vocabularies, and reading comprehension—helping them become the confident readers they deserve to be. Includes on-demand webinars and decodable texs for UFLI Grade 1 & 2 lessons.