Reading Acceleration Professionally Integrated Development (RAPID)Developing Foundational Literacy Skills Administrator WebinarImportant Reminder:This opportunity is open to New Jersey K-3 educators in Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.About UsCoaching for EducatorsContact UsSession – District and School Leader WebinarAre you a K-3 administrator passionate about fostering a love for reading and learning among young students? If so, we have an exciting opportunity …
NJDOE Rapid Educator Series Registration
Reading Acceleration Professionally Integrated Development (RAPID)Developing Foundational Literacy SkillsEducator SeriesImportant Reminder:This opportunity is open to New Jersey K-3 educators in Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.Session #1 – Orthography, Orthographic Processing, and Print ConceptsSession #2 – Phonological Awareness and Processing Developing Foundational Literacy SkillsSession #3 – Phonemic AwarenessSession #4 – PhonicsSession #5 – FluencySession #6 – VocabularySession #7 – ComprehensionAre …
2020 Spring Book Collection
We know this is a crazy time. With schools moving rapidly to remote learning, Children’s Literacy Initiative is doing its best to provide as many resources for parents, teachers, and children as possible. Check out our Spring Book Collection to build your home library!
i3 Validation: Executive Summary
American Institute for ResearchResults from a Three-Year i3 Impact Evaluation of the Children’s Literacy InitiativeOverviewLearning to read by the end of third grade is a strong predictor of a student’s future academic achievement. Teachers’ literacy instruction plays a vital role in students’ reading development, but many teachers fail to receive adequate training in this area. A newly completed study from …
In Praise of Pre-K
The first few years of a child’s life are critical; a child’s brain grows to 90% of its adult size by age five, and from 3 to 4 years of age, children show rapid growth in literacy. Preschool has been shown to give children a head start in their development; children in preschool have vocabulary scores that are 31% higher than children who do not attend.
AIR Finds CLI Results to be an Exception to the Norm
This is article has been written by guest author Terry Salinger of American Institutes for Research. Terry is an AIR Institute Fellow and chief scientist for literacy research.