Taylor Sehpin

ED638-40

Dr. Rivera



Effective Literacy #7

https://keystoliteracy.com/free-resources/websites-organizations/

Keystoliteracy

LITERACY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FOR K-12 EDUCATORS

This website is a training designed site to support literacy instruction by k-12 educators.  In other words, this site provides help to educators to help students in their literacy skills.  You will find some professional development offerings like comprehension, vocabulary, writing, phonics, and keys to beginning reading.  Under comprehension, you will find ways in which teachers will use oral language visuals and read –aloud to provide comprehension instructions.  You can get specifications on this link, https://keystoliteracy.com/offering/the-key-comprehension-routine-primary-grades/.  For vocabulary, you will find instructions for teaching all students in all content areas, using existing reading and instructional materials.  It also includes previewing vocabulary, activities to teach related words, selecting words to teach in-depth, using context and word parts, and promoting word consciousness. This is the Link for specification, http://keystoliteracy.com/offering/the-key-vocabulary-routine/.  Keys to content writing provides teachers with instructional practices for teaching students how to write in all subject areas using strategies that are aligned with state literacy standards.  The link is, https://keystoliteracy.com/offering/keys-to-content-writing-grades-3-6/.  This site also offers the phonemic awareness and phonics instruction and provides program materials. The link is, https://keystoliteracy.com/offering/keys-to-phonics/.  The last topic provided under professional development offering is the keys to beginning reading and information of it can be found in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC9T1ykEGgg&feature=youtu.be

The rest under services is professional development delivery.  The services provided under these are the implementations that Work and Learning that Lasts.  You can also find events that contribute to professional development.  There are many other important things that are found on this site.  Teachers need to pick this as one of the important sites to help in literacy teaching.