| The Afterschool Training Toolkit: The Afterschool Training Toolkit gives afterschool program directors and instructors the resources they need to build fun, innovative, and academically enriching activities. The literacy section of the toolkit lists key elements for afterschool literacy planning and includes such sample lessons as “My First Book,” “Writing and Sharing Community Stories,” and “Connecting Families Through Folk Stories and Fairy Tales.” |  |
Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level: A Guide to Resources: This publication reviews the scholarly literature to determine current theoretical perspectives and research findings on building reading proficiency at the secondary level and their implications for classroom instruction. The publication identifies and describes reading programs and strategies that align with those findings.
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| The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework: This book provides a concise summary of the research findings to help teachers to understand what is involved in learning to read so they can better identify the learning needs of individual children. To assist educators in organizing their assessment practices around the cognitive framework, SEDL created the Reading Assessment Database, which allows reading teachers to easily search for reading assessments that specifically test the 14 reading skills outlined by the cognitive framework of reading. |  |
| SEDL Letter: Reading: Practices to Help Improve Instruction: This issue of SEDL’s award-winning magazine examines study groups, organizing the classroom for effective reading instruction, strengthening literacy through father-child interactions, and systemic approaches to reading and school improvement. |  |
| SEDL Letter: Reaching Our Reading Goals: This issue of SEDL’s award-winning magazine is devoted to topics related to reading instruction, including the role of literacy coaches, motivating readers, and instruction to improve comprehension. |  |
