10 time-saving tips
for literacy instruction
There are a few things elementary reading teachers and coaches know for sure:
Reading is crucial.
Reading is challenging.
Reading is complex.
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Classroom ready: Simple, impactful ways to engage your teachers
Like the students they serve, every educator enters the classroom in varying states of readiness. Education leaders must ensure each teacher has the tools, professional learning, and guidance they need to be successful. This detailed guide examines how the components of an NWEA Solution can provide the support teachers demand and deserve.
Topics: Instructional strategy & resources, Assessment, Early learning, Leadership, Literacy, Math, Professional learning
Products: MAP Growth, MAP Accelerator, Professional Learning


Podcast
This was a fun one… because we got to talk to you, our listeners! In this episode: We see how Mr. Potato head can motivate students, one additional limb at a time. We open a big box of costumes in the middle of class. We learn about a teacher who calls students’ parents to share good news, and how one student wanted to return the favor. And finally, we get to hear some incredibly touching stories of students and families letting their teachers know how awesome they are. (Jacob and Kailey get a little misty-eyed.)
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Math, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Guide
Early Word Recognition Lesson Plan tool
The Early Word Recognition Lesson Plan tool provides a framework for sequencing efficient and explicit strategies to create new lessons or to organize and expand upon existing lessons from standards-aligned materials.
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Guide
Early Word Recognition Learning Walk tool
The Early Word Recognition Learning Walk Tool is a companion for the Early Word Recognition Lesson Plan Tool and is intended to support the teaching and learning shifts educators make to provide equitable and excellent education for all students.
Topics: Early learning, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Professional learning
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Podcast
The science of reading is both a body of research and movement in literacy education. How do we keep those two things connected when they’re not always aligned? What are most common myths about literacy instruction, how do we fight them? A roundtable of educators and specialists from NWEA join Jacob & Kailey to talk about how the science of reading works best in classrooms and where both the movement and the research are going.
Topics: Early learning, Education research, Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Multilingual learners, Professional learning
Products: Professional Learning


Article
10 can’t-miss benefits of MAP Reading Fluency
All reading tests are not created equal. With helpful features, innovative reporting tools, and robust professional learning experiences, MAP® Reading Fluency™ is an early reading assessment unlike any other. Learn more about the equity-advancing, time-saving features included with MAP Reading Fluency
Topics: Assessment, Early learning, Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Leadership, Literacy, Multilingual learners, Professional learning
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Podcast
What’s it like in classrooms right now? The only way to know is to ask a teacher, so we sat down with a first-grade elementary teacher and a sixth-grade social studies & science teacher and listened.
Topics: Early learning, Equity, Instructional strategy & resources, Literacy, Professional learning, Science, Social emotional learning
Products: Professional Learning