1. What Does Effective Kindergarten Reading Instruction Kindergartners Look Like?
How the Early Intervention in Reading Model Sits Within Effective Reading Instruction
A Brief Review of How Children Learn to Read
The What and How of Good Kindergarten Teaching
Brief, Daily Lessons on Essential Emergent Literacy Activities
How the EIR Model Fits Within a Balanced Literacy Block
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2. Meet the Teachers: The Differentiated Lessons and Teacher Collaboration That Support EIR
The Teachers
Sample Lessons
- Summarizing Pages of an Informational Book, Writing Words in Sound Boxes, and Writing a Sentence About the Pages Read
- High-Level Talk About a Story, Interactive Writing, and the Comprehension Strategies of Making Connections and Summarizing Narrative Text
- High-Level Talk and Summarizing Informational Text
Making a Schoolwide Commitment to Kindergarten Emergent Readers
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3. The Weekly Lesson Routine
Getting Started: FAQs
Weekly Lesson Plans and Routines
Overview Opportunity for Small-Group Practice
Professional Development
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4. Weekly Lessons Introducing Key Emergent Literary Skills
Fall Example Lessons
Winter Example Lessons
Spring Example Lessons
Summary
5. Assessing Kindergartners in EIR
Fall Assessments
Assessing Students’ Reading Progress During the School Year
Spring Assessments
Summary
6. Managing Your Reading Block with EIR
Key Classroom Practices
Reading Block Schedules: Examples of Effective Balance
Independent Activities
7. Creating an EIR Community
Overview of Monthly EIR Meetings
Agendas for Monthly Meetings
Summary
