Preschool Language & Literacy
Explore resources designed to improve instruction in early language and literacy.
- View a visual diagram of both practices
- Watch a topic overview and download planning templates
- Watch a short overview
Explore the subtopics below to learn more about the recommended practices:
To learn more about the research underlying these practices, view the intervention reports on phonological awareness, phonological awareness with letter knowledge training, shared book reading, interactive shared book reading, and dialogic reading.
Required Storybook List
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > See How It Works
This list includes storybooks that lend themselves to interactive reading strategies. Tempe's principal investigator explains how to select books for interactive reading in Selecting Books for...
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Using a Phonological Awareness Developmental Continuum
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
The Portales preschool program uses this framework to organize information about phonological awareness skills as explained by the program's principal investigator in Phonological Awareness: A...
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Using Evaluation Data to Improve Instruction
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
This PowerPoint presentation shows how administrators use evaluation data to identify needed changes and plan professional development. The approach is discussed in the Using Evaluation Data to...
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Personal Literacy Plan: Using Assessment Data to Guide Instruction
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Ready to Learn created this tool as a quick way to see where children are in literacy development. In Keeping Track of Student Progress With Portfolios, the literacy coach talks about how staff use...
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Early Literacy Progress Monitoring Rubric
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Here you will see a pictorial progress monitoring rubric that Janesville teachers use to keep a daily record of children's learning throughout the year and to talk with children about their...
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Phonological Awareness Resource Books
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Consider using this list of resource books prepared by the Syracuse Early Reading First program. These staff development resources support teachers in planning phonological awareness...
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Daily Lesson Plan for Four-Year-Olds
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > See How It Works
Review a daily lesson plan format that emphasizes preschool activity planning based on instructional objectives, program standards, and desired learning outcomes. Examples of phonological awareness...
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Starting Instructional Discussions Using a Visual Diagram
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Overview & Tools
Coaches and mentors often look for a “starting place” to engage teachers in discussions about how to improve instruction. Here are tips for how to use the visual diagram about classroom practices...
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Designing Coaching and Mentoring Programs
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Overview & Tools
This self-review can be used by technical assistance or professional development providers to help preschool programs think about the key components necessary to establish effective coaching and...
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Interactive and Dialogic Reading: Observing and Reflecting on Classroom Practice
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Overview & Tools
This checklist can help teaching and coaching staff reflect on current practice and think about ways to improve the use of interactive and dialogic reading strategies. Coaches and mentors also can...
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Learning Together About Interactive and Dialogic Reading
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Overview & Tools
Set up a staff development meeting or series of training sessions to review the “Learn What Works” resources for Interactive and Dialogic Reading using these discussion questions. Related...
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Learning Together About Teaching Phonological Awareness
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > Overview & Tools
Set up a staff development meeting or series of training sessions to review the “Learn What Works” resources for phonological awareness using these discussion questions. Related Media and...
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