This guide covers the age range 6 years to 18 years. It also encompasses all students with reading difficulties, including those who have specific learning difficulties (dyslexia) as well as those who have made generally poor progress in reading and may or may not have additional general learning difficulties. Information here can be applied to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, minority groups and to students with reading difficulties for whom English is not a first language. While the full range of literacy involves more than just reading, the focus here is particularly on reading skills: the ability to decode and understand text.

Class Playground printables are free to share, download, and print. Here you'll find printable Elkonin boxes (2-5 letters).
Be sure to check out the other resources offered by Class Playground while you're there.

Elkonin boxes help kids build phonological awareness by helping them divide words into their individual phonemes.

Emily Hanford discusses the broken education system and what the problem is. She also discusses what is being done to fix it. This is a link to her three-part documentary and what opened the door to the science of reading movement.

This 60 page document explores reading disabilities as a systematic human rights issue. It includes an introduction to the issue, a literature review, survey results (including screening, interventions, accommodations, etc.), a legal analysis and issues to address.

Students will explore five different "Discovery Buckets". These buckets will give them opportunities to practice expressing both their thoughts and feelings. Main Curriculum Tie: English Language Arts Kindergarten Speaking and Listening Standard 6, Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. We recognize that an increased ability to communicate thoughts and feelings gives children the skills they need in their interactions with others. Acceptance by peers is not only correlated with positive attitudes toward school; it is a powerful predictor of social adjustment throughout life. This lesson helps children understand their emotions and how to appropriately express thoughts and feelings with others.

Beverly Cleary tells the story of a family on a rainy Sunday in a household full of bad moods. Ramonas father suggests they all go out to dinner. While out, an old man pays for their dinner because he believes they are a nice family and he misses his own family.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces the world's biggest social media company, Facebook. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

These bookmarks can be used in a variety of ways to provide students with feedback on their reading or writing.  Feedback can be provided by family members, teachers, peers or even themselves. Four different bookmarks are provided, and they are provided in an editable format if you wish to change them to better fit your needs. 

This resource explores:what fluency ishow we assess fluencyhow fluency progresseshow to choose text for independent readinghow to work on fluency with students through repeated reading

This portal is offered as a free resource to help facilitate online reading instruction and learning during this challenging time of school closures due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

These resources were available as of September 8th, 2020. If you try to access them later and they are not available, please let melissa.lander@sunwestsd.ca know.

There are two areas of the site, one for Students and one for Instructors. Materials are organized by our Phonics Scope and Sequence, and can be quickly navigated using the Menu at the top of the page.

This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces a serious social problem in many communities, food deserts. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.

The following resource contains everything participants need for the PD Workshop "For the Love of Reading: Engaging ALL Readers" (Grades 6-9).Included:  PPT slide deck, note-taking organizer, Jigsaw article, resources for reading engagementIf you are interested in attending a live presentation of this workshop please contact melissa.lander@sunwestsd.ca  

"Foundations Learning & Skills Saskatchewan (formerly READ Saskatoon) has a long history as a local literacy organization that offers free literacy services to adults and families.

Since 1979 we have provided adult tutoring services with the help of trained volunteers and community partners. Today we have expanded to offer adult, family, children’s, and financial literacy programs, as well as literacy facilitator trainings and resources."

The offer:
*family literacy
*financial literacy
*adult literacy
*children's literacy
*workshops
*training
*volunteer opportunities

In this tall tale story, deadbeat Shorty Long has to avoid the people to whom he owes money. He tries to trick Widow Macrae out of $4.50, but actually created more problems for himself.

Find free PDF books for students. The Learn to Read books include the phonics skills needed to read the book, as well as vocabulary lists.
Cut-Up Take Home Books are also provided!