Reading and Literacy

Guides and Toolkits

Instructor’s Guides to the Afterschool Training Toolkit (2008)
For use with the online Afterschool Training Toolkit, these print guides help instructors master research-based teaching techniques that engage students and improve academic achievement.

Professional Development Guides for the Afterschool Training Toolkit (2008)
For use with the online Afterschool Training Toolkit, these print guides give program directors and site coordinators resources for leading professional development courses on building engaging afterschool activities.

Sub-category: Early Reading

Afterschool Training Toolkit: Building Quality Enrichment Activities (2008)
This online toolkit provides resources for developing fun, innovative, and academically enriching activities for afterschool and expanded learning programs. The toolkit includes promising practices and sample lessons in the arts, literacy, math, science, technology, and homework help.

Glossary of Reading-related Terms (2004)
This glossary of terms related to reading and reading instruction allows people to quickly and easily check terms as they encounter them.

Literacy Profile Folder: How to Use the Literacy Profile (2001)
This brief guide demonstrates how to use the Literacy Profile Folder effectively in the classroom.

Price: $15

Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework (2000)
This book provides a concise summary of the research findings related to how children learn to read. A graphical representation of the framework is provided to familiarize teachers with the cognitive elements that research has shown to be essential in learning to read.

Sub-category: Languages Other Than English

Online Professional Development Center: for Teachers of Languages Other Than English (LOTE) (2003)
The LOTE CED Online professional Development Center includes five free self-guided professional development courses that help PreK-12 foreign language educators enhance their proficiency in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English (TEKS for LOTE).

Preparing Language Teachers to Implement the TEKS for LOTE (1997)
This document identifies pre-service teacher standards and provides guidelines for teacher training institutions

Professional Development for Language Teachers: Implementing the TEKS for LOTE (1997)
This document identifies in-service teacher standards and describes three models of professional development.

Texas Framework for Languages Other Than English (1997)
This document serves as a resource for Languages Other Than English (LOTE) teachers as they implement the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English (TEKS for LOTE).

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