Resources for Literacy Learning

Expected Progress in PowerUp

Empower students with higher reading proficiency rates with PowerUp Literacy. Customized student paths help educators benchmark student literacy growth and proficiency for all three program strands.

Expanding Educational Equity: A New Paradigm to Ensure Literacy for All

We’ve come a long way toward educational equity, but there’s still work to be done. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how to use the instructional core to expand equity in a purposeful and sustainable way.

Quiz Yourself: How much do you know about teaching literacy to students who are reading to learn vs. learning to read?

Quiz Yourself: How much do you know about teaching literacy to students who are reading to learn vs. learning to read? Integrate science of reading instructional strategies into your regular curriculum for developing readers in upper elementary and middle school.

Helping Students Make the Shift from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn

Two-thirds of students are not proficient enough to shift from learning to read to reading to learn in fourth grade. Discover literacy instructional strategies that all teachers can use to help their developing readers be successful across the curriculum.

Making Literacy Skills Age Appropriate for Your Students

Meg Van Voorhis, Director of Professional Learning at Lexia, joins the The Learning Counsel podcast to break down how to support structured literacy strategy through bite-sized professional development. Listen in and join the conversation about how to meet today’s literacy needs.

A Promising Future for Emergent Bilinguals

Most of the research in the science of reading focuses on native English speakers. What does the research tell us about students learning to read and speak English simultaneously, and how can that information benefit Emergent Bilinguals in the classroom?

Helping Students Make the Shift from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn

Explicit reading instruction is the only way students can make the shift from learning to read to reading to learn in fourth grade. Students who struggle to read at grade level need intervention to be academically successful.

Putting It All Into Practice: Making the Shift to Accelerate Language and Literacy

In this webinar, Jennifer Hernandez leads a panel of education experts to address how to move the needle for Emergent Bilingual students. Explore how to accelerate both language and literacy acquisition in the classroom today.

The Background Breakdown: The Difference in Oral Language for Monolinguals and Emergent Bilinguals

Oral language is a necessary tool for Emergent Bilinguals learning English. When students have regular speaking practice in a non-judgmental and supportive environment, they build confidence and understanding, allowing them to deepen their overall understanding of English and accelerate their literacy learning.