LEAP 3:

Using Research and Practice to Inform the Reading Instruction of Elementary School Struggling Readers

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Audience: Elementary school classroom teachers and administrators

Time Needed: 5 hours, 10 minutes

Purposes:

This Literacy Exploration Activity Plan (LEAP) will help elementary classroom teachers and administrators:

• Become familiar with recent research on programs and principles of instruction for elementary school struggling readers.
• Reflect on their own work with struggling readers and use these reflections to inform their current instruction.
• Understand what impacts elementary school struggling readers the most.
• Receive support for using effective principles of instruction in their work with elementary school struggling readers.

Components:

This LEAP consists of:

• Four articles available on-line
• Facilitator's instructions:
  • Acrobat File
  • Word File
• Handouts:
  • Acrobat Files (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
  • Word Files (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
• Overhead transparencies:
  • Acrobat File (1)
  • Word File (1)