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Louisiana Keys to Early Literacy
Welcome to the Louisiana Literacy Foundations Course
About This Course
Course Design
Introduction: Course 1 Keys to Beginning Reading
About Keys to Beginning Reading
Module 1: Reading Basics
1.1 About this Module
1.2 Stages of Reading Development, 5 Components of Reading (15:16)
1.3 Grade Level Focus (4:51)
1.4 The Simple View of Reading, The Reading Rope (5:06)
1.5 Levels of Language (15:46)
1.6 Levels of Language Practice
1.7 Research-Based Instruction
1.8 Culturally Responsive Literacy
1.9 Teaching Principles
1.10 Dyslexia Basics
1.11 State Literacy Standards
1.12 Simulation: Learning Phonics to Decode (8:12)
1.13 Module Highlights, Review
1.14 Quiz
Module 2: Oral Language
2.1 About this Module
2.2 The Language-Literacy Connection
2.3 Teaching Listening Skills
2.4 Discussion Skills
2.5 Elaborated Discussion
2.6 Using Talk Moves
2.7 Classroom Videos (13:19)
2.8 Developing Language Through Read Aloud
2.9 Dialect
2.10 Module Highlights, Review
2.11 Quiz
Module 3: Phonological Awareness Part A
3.1 About this Module
3.2 The "PHON" Words
3.3 Scope and Sequence
3.4 Word Awareness
3.5 Syllable Awareness (0:52)
3.6 Syllable Awareness Activities
3.7 Sensitivity to Rhyme
3.8 Alliteration
3.9 Onset and Rime
3.10 Onset and Rime: Activities
Module 3: Phonological Awareness Part B
3.11 Phonemic Awareness (2:24)
3.12 English Speech Sounds
3.13 Articulating Sounds
3.14 Instructional Implications
3.15 Phonemic Awareness Tasks (4:05)
3.16 Routines for Basic Phonemic Awareness Tasks
3.17 Say It Move It, Elkonin Boxes (5:49)
3.18 Stretching Sounds, Arm Blending (0:07)
3.19 Blending and Segmenting Activities
3.20 Phoneme Manipulation (3:49)
3.21 Assessing Phonological Awareness
3.22 Module Highlights, Review
3.23 Quiz
Module 4: Phonics Part A
4.1 About this Module
4.2 The Alphabetic Principle
4.3 Why is the alphabetic principle and spelling confusing? (2:01)
4.4 Effective Phonics Instruction
4.5 Letter Recognition and Naming
4.6 Letter Recognition Charts and Activities (1:29)
4.7 Letter-Sound Correspondences
4.8 More About Letter-Sounds (0:42)
4.9 Letter-Sound Correspondence Activities
4.10 Phonics Scope and Sequence
4.11 Blending and Segmenting (6:52)
4.12 More Blending Practice (7:05)
4.13 Segmenting to Spell Words (3:53)
4.14 Decodable Text
Module 4: Phonics: Part B
4.15 Teaching Spelling (4:21)
4.16 Phonics Assessment Through Spelling
4.17 Using Spelling Inventories
4.18 Sound-Spelling Cards, Sound Walls
4.19 Word Families and Word Chains (1:08)
4.20 High Frequency Sight Words
4.21 Advanced Word Study: Grades 2-3
4.22 Syllable Instruction (6:41)
4.23 Syllable Practice
4.24 Syllable Division
4.25 The Schwa Sound
4.26 Common Prefixes and Suffixes
4.27 Multisyllable Word Reading (3:17)
4.28 Reading Connected Text
4.29 Module Highlights, Review
4.30 Quiz
Module 5: Fluency
5.1 About this Module
5.2 What is fluency?
5.3 Measuring Fluency: Words Correct Per Minute
5.4 Fluency and Text Difficulty
5.5 Fluency Instruction
5.6 Fluency Practice: Letter Naming (1:29)
5.7 Fluency Practice: Letter-Sound Correspondences (0:17)
5.8 Fluency Practice: Words, Word Parts (3:17)
5.9 Fluency Practice: Syllables and Word Parts
5.10 Fluency Practice: Phrases, Sentences
5.11 Developing Fluency Using Connected Text
5.12 Fluency Building Activities (2:59)
5.13 Developing Prosody (3:50)
5.14 Timed Repeated Readings
5.15 Determining Instructional Needs
5.16 Module Highlights, Review
5.17 Quiz
Module 6: Vocabulary
6.1 About this Module
6.2 How do students acquire new vocabulary?
6.3 The Key Vocabulary Routine
6.4 Component 1: Previewing Before Reading
6.5 Student Word Knowledge Activities
6.6 Component 2: Activities to Connect Vocabulary
6.7 Categorizing
6.8 Semantic Feature Analysis
6.9 Opposites, Scaling
6.10 Component 3: Selecting and Teaching Words In-Depth
6.11 The Importance of Read Aloud
6.12 More About Teaching Words In-Depth
6.13 Component 4: Word Learning Strategies
6.14 Using Word Parts
6.15 Prefixes, Suffixes
6.16 Component 5: Promote Word Consciousness
6.17 More Word Consciousness
6.18 Putting It Together: Lesson Plan
6.19 Module Highlights, Review
6.20 Quiz
Module 7: Sentence Structure
7.1 About this Module
7.2 "Troublesome" Sentences
7.3 Activities to Develop Syntactic Awareness (2:42)
7.4 Sentence Elaboration, Basic
7.5 Sentence Elaboration, Advanced
7.6 Sentence Combining (2:19)
7.7 Module Highlights, Review
7.8 Quiz
Module 8: Text Structure
8.1 About this Module (1:41)
8.2 Narrative Text Structure
8.3 Informational Text Structure
8.4 Text Features
8.5 Paragraph Structure
8.6 Patterns of Organization and Transitions
8.7 Patterns of Organization: From Reading to Writing
8.8 Cohesive Ties (2:50)
8.9 Module Highlights, Review
8.10 Quiz
Module 9: Comprehension
9.1 About this Module
9.2 Comprehension Overview
9.3 Metacognition
9.4 Inference
9.5 Teach Comprehension Strategies
9.6 Categorizing and Main Ideas (18:08)
9.7 More Categorizing, Part 1
9.8 More Categorizing, Part 2 (2:00)
9.9 Top-Down Topic Webs (1:43)
9.10 Top-Down Topic Webs for Text
9.11 More About Topic Webs
9.12 Two-Column Notes
9.13 Paragraph Main Ideas and Two-Column Notes (1:28)
9.14 Retell and Summary (7:49)
9.15 Answering and Generating Questions
9.16 Module Highlights, Review
9.17 Quiz
Module 10: Students with Reading Difficulties
10.1 About this Module
10.2 Causes of Literacy Difficulty
10.3 Specific Learning Disabilities
10.4 Dyslexia
10.5 More About Dyslexia
10.6 The Reading Brain (4:27)
10.7 The Brain and Struggling Readers
10.8 Learning Difficulties and Reading
10.9 Dyslexia and Learning to Read
10.10 Executive Functions and Learning to Read
10.11 English as a Second Language and Learning to Read
10.12 Putting It All Together
10.13 Module Highlights, Review
10.14 Quiz
Module 11: Reading Assessment
11.1 About this Module
11.2 Reliability, Validity, and Types of Assessments
11.3 More Assessment Terms
11.4 Reading Components: Assessment Tasks
11.5 Assessing Concepts of Print
11.6 The Assessment Process
11.7 Assessment for Students at Risk
11.8 Assessment Data Analysis
11.9 Teacher Use of Data
11.10 Module Highlights, Review
11.11 Quiz
Keys to Beginning Reading Wrap Up
Course Review: Sort Activity
Implementation Support Resources
Final Course One Assessment
Introduction: Course 2 Keys to Early Writing
About Keys to Early Writing
Module 1: Writing Basics
1.1 About this Module
1.2 Connections to Models of Writing Instruction (5:39)
1.3 What do we know about K-2 writing?
1.4 Research About Effective Writing Instruction (5:34)
1.5 Teaching Principles, Composing, Transcription Skills (7:04)
1.6 Overview of Spelling and Handwriting Instruction
1.7 Module Reflection
1.7 Quiz
Module 2: Writing Community
2.1 About this Module (4:04)
2.2 Writing Environment
2.3 Teachers as Writers
2.4 The Oral Language and Literacy Connection
2.5 Daily Opportunities to Write (3:32)
2.6 Drawing or Writing About Narrative Text
2.7 Provide Choices, Authentic Audiences
2.8 Writing Lesson Routine
2.9 Celebrating the Writer
2.10 Module Reflection
2.11 Quiz
Module 3: The Writing Process
3.1 About this Module
3.2 Writing Process
3.3 Activities to Teach the Stages of the Writing Process (3:26)
3.4 Explicit Instruction and Scaffolds
3.5 The Importance of Collaboration (3:40)
3.6 Revision and Feedback (6:00)
3.7 Teacher and Peer Feedback
3.8 More About Feedback and Conferencing
3.9 Module Reflection
3.10 Quiz
Module 4: Writer's Craft and Text Structure
4.1 About this Module
4.2 Writer's Craft
4.3 Using Mentor Text
4.4 Text Structure
4.5 Text Structure: Opinion Writing
4.6 Text Structure: Informational Writing
4.7 Text Structure: Narrative Writing
4.8 Module Reflection
4.9 Quiz
Module 5: Drawing, Labels, Lists
5.1 About this Module (3:37)
5.2 First Steps: Drawing, Labels, Lists (0:30)
5.3 Teaching Drawing
5.4 Labels and Lists
5.5 Invented Spelling, Spelling Supports
5.6 Module Reflection
5.7 Quiz
Module 6: Syntax, Sentences
6.1 About this Module
6.2 Syntax, Sentences
6.3 Sentence Instruction (5:17)
6.4 Four Types of Sentences
6.5 Activities to Develop Syntactic Awareness (5:01)
6.6 Sentence Expansion and Elaboration (13:50)
6.7 Additional Teaching Suggestions
6.8 Sentence Combining (2:19)
6.9 Module Reflection
6.10 Quiz
Module 7: Paragraph Writing
7.1 About this Module
7.2 Paragraph Structure (3:00)
7.3 Using Mentor Text
7.4 Paragraph Activities
7.5 More About Paragraphs (5:09)
7.6 Paragraph Scaffolds
7.7 Types of Paragraphs (5:46)
7.8 Transitions (11:40)
7.9 Module Reflection
7.9 Quiz
Module 8: Writing From Sources
8.1 About this Module
8.2 Writing to Learn
8.3 Text Dependent Questions and Prompts
8.4 Classroom Example (2:51)
8.5 Shared Research Projects
8.6 More About Shared Research Projects (12:59)
8.7 Shared Research Writing Example: Introduction (2:53)
8.8 Shared Research Writing Example: Kindergarten
8.9 Shared Research Writing Example: Grade 1
8.10 Shared Research Writing Example: Grade 2
8.11 Shared Research Writing Example: Advanced Grade Two
8.12 Shared Research Writing Reflection
8.13 Module Reflection
8.14 Quiz
Module 9: Keys to Early Writing Wrap Up
Course Review
Implementation Support Resources
Final Course Two Assessment
Course Wrap Up: Louisiana Keys to Early Literacy
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1.3 What do we know about K-2 writing?
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