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Foundational Skills Standards Resources

​Listed below are resources to assist with Foundational Skills Standards implementation.  
​All items are applicable for K-5 classrooms.

Foundational Skills Standards Kit

Kit Introductory Page

• Foundational Skills Kit Contents
• By Standard Direction​
• **PowerPoint Presentations 
  • Presentation Slides (PPT Version with animation)
  • Presentation Slides (PDF Version with notes)  
  • Foundational Skills Kit Facilitator's Guide for PowerPoint 
• PowerPoint Presentation Handouts
  • **Appendix A for Foundational Skills Standards pages 17-22
  • Glossary of terms
  • **Grade Level Strategy Guides (Listed to the right)
  • **What's the Difference? Phonemic Awareness vs. Phonological Awareness
  • **Foundational Skills Defined Brochure​
• Suggested Guides toSupport Foundational Skills
  • UnBoundEd ELA Guide Building Fluency:
    • A Guide to K-2 ELA/Literacy Practices
    • A Guide to 3-5 ELA/Literacy Practices
    • A Guide to 6-12 ELA/Literacy Practices
  • Student Achievement Partners Modules: Foundational Skills/Fluency
    • Module 1:Foundational Nuts and Bolts
    • ​Module 2:Phonological Awareness
    • Module 3:Phonics--Part 1
    • Module 4:Phonics--Part 2
    • Module 5:Early Reading
    • Fluency Training Modules   
• Research Guidance
  • Early Literacy Instruction by  Elfrieda H. Hiebert & Taffy E. Raphael​ (updated in 2013)​  
  • Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers Teacher's Guide (Video content not available)
  • Effective Vocabulary Instruction (Vocabulary Strategies to Support Fluency)
  • Understanding Fluency by Student Achievement Partners  ​

SIP Day Materials:
​Looking for materials to use on School Improvement Days?  Condensed materials are marked with a double asterisk **​​


**Grade Level Strategy Guides​​

​   Kindergarten

​  First Grade

 Second Grade 

   Third Grade 

   Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

​Alignment checklists

• ​Kindergarten
• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth 
• Fifth

​Foundational Skills Research                  
​                --Both And Literacy Instruction K-5: A Paradigm Shift by Liben & Liben
​                --Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade
                --Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (Used in conjunction with above document)
                --**Building the Foundation by Center on Instruction 
                --What the CCSS Says (And Doesn't Say) About Kindergarten (article from David Liben)