The Grade 3 Literacy Achievement Academy will focus on effective and systematic instruction to implement the current English/Spanish language arts and reading TEKS* and the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS). Teachers will collaborate with colleagues in hands-on activities as they

• work to integrate research-based strategies across the literacy components (Word Study and Recognition, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Writing) into their daily reading and writing instruction to help students learn to read;
• use explicit instruction as they practice these strategies;
• incorporate these strategies into the reading program they use with their students;
• support all learners as they differentiate instruction to meet the needs of English language learners and students who are struggling with dyslexia and other reading difficulties; and
• use assessment information to make instructional decisions.

Academy participants are asked to bring a narrative or an expository children’s book.

*The revised TEKS for English and Spanish language arts and reading will not be implemented until the 2019–2020 school year. The Literacy Achievement Academies will focus on the current TEKS.

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• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3

Presentation Guide with Script

• Participant Guide

• Participant Materials
• Table Sets

In this section you will find additional resources to support your turn-around session.

• Supplemental Documents
• Stipend Verification Form
• TEA Academy Video Guidance
• TEA Academy Video – Introduction
• TEA Academy Video – Stipends
• TEA Academy Video – Wrap Up
• Presenter Introduction
• Word Cards for Anagrams
• Supply List
• Best Practices for Trainers
• Instructions for Finding Your Unique ID

Literacy Achievement Academy, Grades 2 and 3 Presentation Videos

Supporting All Learners

• Students with Dyslexia
• Teaching Cognates

Word Study and Recognition

• Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping
• Strategies for Reading Multisyllabic Words

Fluency

Partner Reading with Retell 

Vocabulary

• Concept Word Map
• Word-Learning Strategies

Comprehension

Get the Gist

Writing 

• Informational Writing
• Peer Conferencing and Editing

Using Assessment Data

• Instructional Grouping
• Oral Reading Sample, Grade 2, Student 1
• Oral Reading Sample, Grade 2, Student 2
• Oral Reading Sample, Grade 3, Student 1
• Oral Reading Sample, Grade 3, Student 2
• Retell Sample, Grade 2, Sudent 1
• Retell Sample, Grade 2, Student 2
• Retell Sample, Grade 3, Student 1
• Retell Sample, Grade 3, Student 2
• Using Assessment Data