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Center professional development guides, videos, CD-ROMs, and booklets cover various topics related to effective, research-based reading instruction. They are listed below.
Professional development guides include the following materials for workshop presenters:
- Presentation slides, which present key points and activities, offered in two formats: overhead transparencies and Adobe PDF presentations
- Speaker's notes and activities to accompany the presentation slides
- Informational and notetaking handouts for participants
- References
indicates that the guide has been adapted for special education.
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Prekindergarten
Booklets
Professional Development Guides
- Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines for Language and Early Literacy, Part I: Language Development
- Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines for Language and Early Literacy, Part II: Early Literacy
- Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines for Mathematics and Science
- Implementing the Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines for Social Studies
Videos
- Implementing the Texas Prekindergarten Curriculum Guidelines (33:21) (not available for download)
Primary
Booklets
- 3-Tier Reading Model (booklet and CD-ROM)
- Coordinating for Reading Instruction: General Education and Special Education Working Together (also known as the “Co-Teaching Booklet”)
- Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader: Activities for an Accelerated Reading Program — Expanded Edition
- Facilitator’s Manuals: Study Guides for the K–3 Texas Online Teacher Reading Academies (2005)
- Implementing the 3-Tier Reading Model: Reducing Reading Difficulties for Kindergarten Through Third Grade Students
- Instructional Decision-making Procedures: Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students In Grades K-3
- A New Light on Literacy: Early Reading Intervention for English Language Learners (with videos)
- Reading Strategies and Activities Resource Book for Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Including Dyslexia
- Supplemental Instruction for Struggling Readers Grade 3: A Guide for Tutors
- Word Study for Students with Learning Disabilities and English Language Learners
Professional Development Guides
- Effective Fluency Instruction and Progress Monitoring
- Establishing a Field-Based Literacy Lab
- Foundations of Reading: Effective Phonological Awareness Instruction and Progress Monitoring
- Implementing the 3-Tier Reading Model: Reducing Reading Difficulties for Kindergarten Through Third Grade Students
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Administrators, Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Word Analysis: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
Videos
Teacher Reading Academies — TEXAS (not available for download):
- Texas Kindergarten Teacher Reading Academy (with video)
- Texas First Grade Teacher Reading Academy (with video)
- Texas Second Grade Teacher Reading Academy (with video)
- Texas Third Grade Teacher Reading Academy (with video)
- Texas Fourth Grade Teacher Reading Academy (with video)
Teacher Reading Academies — NON-TEXAS (not available for download):
- Kindergarten Teacher Reading Academy (Non-Texas) (with video)
- First Grade Teacher Reading Academy (Non-Texas) (with video)
- Second Grade Teacher Reading Academy (Non-Texas) (with video)
Online Teacher Reading Academies
- Kindergarten Online Teacher Reading Academy
- First Grade Online Teacher Reading Academy
- Second Grade Online Teacher Reading Academy
- Third Grade Online Teacher Reading Academy
- Facilitator’s Manuals: Study Guides for the K–3 Texas Online Teacher Reading Academies (2005)
Secondary
Booklets
- Coordinating for Reading Instruction: General Education and Special Education Working Together (also known as the “Co-Teaching Booklet”)
- Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties: The Reading Teacher's Sourcebook
- Implementing the Reading TEKS in Ninth Grade Instruction (Revised)
- Instructional Decision-Making Procedures for Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students
- Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers: A Resource for Secondary English Language Arts Teachers
Professional Development Guides
- Enhancing Communication Applications for Secondary Students (Revised)
- Enhancing Learning through Reading and Writing Strategies in the Content Areas (Revised)
- Enhancing Reading Comprehension for Secondary Students
- Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students (Revised)
- Establishing an Intensive Reading and Writing Program for Secondary Students (Revised)
- An Introduction to Writing Instruction for Secondary Students (Revised)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Secondary Institute, Parts I & II— Effective Instruction for Secondary Struggling Readers: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Secondary Institute for Administrators, Effective Instruction for Secondary Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Teaching the Viewing and Representing Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in the English Language Arts Curriculum (Revised)
Special Education
K–12
- Coordinating for Reading Instruction: General Education and Special Education Working Together (also known as the “Co-Teaching Booklet”)
- Instructional Decision-making Procedures: Ensuring Appropriate Instruction for Struggling Students in Grades K-3
Primary
- Phonological Awareness: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
- Reading Fluency: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Parts I & II — Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Elementary Institute for Administrators, Effective Instruction for Elementary Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Word Analysis: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring
Secondary
- Enhancing Reading Comprehension for Secondary Students
- Enhancing Learning through Reading and Writing Strategies in the Content Areas (Revised)
- Enhancing Vocabulary Instruction for Secondary Students
- Enhancing Writing Instruction for Secondary Students
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Secondary Institute, Parts I & II— Effective Instruction for Secondary Struggling Readers: Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Special Education Reading Project (SERP) Secondary Institute for Administrators, Effective Instruction for Secondary Struggling Readers: The Administrator's Role in Supporting Research-Based Practices (with video) (not available for download)
- Teaching the Viewing and Representing Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in the English Language Arts Curriculum
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