Resources for Teachers & Caregivers

Reading Ready, a word reading curriculum with program guides for educators and for parents/caregivers, is now available.

Be sure to check out The Reading Institute website to learn more about training opportunities and to obtain a copy of any of these guides. 

Reading Ready

Reading Ready is an emergent word reading intervention for K-1... Read more

Reading Go!

Reading Go! Is an elementary literacy intervention for Grades 1-3…... Read more

SoR 10-hour Microcredential

Fully asynchronous introductory course for elementary educators… Read more

Whole Phonics

The Reading Ready for Whole Phonics program translates research into practice. Level 1 and 2 Teacher Guides now available.
Learn more here

Making Words Stick

Learn how to connect decoding, encoding, and meaning through a four-step, research-based, classroom-tested routine that accelerates students’ abilities to lift words off the page and capture them in reading and writing.
Learn more here

Phonemic Awareness

Explicit and highly engaging activities to support Phonemic Awareness. Please click the pictures or buttons to access the resources.

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Infographic on Articulatory Pictures - Condensed
Developed by Tory Moulder
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Infographic on Articulatory Pictures - Expanded
Developed by Tory Moulder
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Infographic on Phonemic Awareness (PDF)
Developed by Annabelle Baylin
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Fifteen Fun Phonemic Awareness Lessons
Developed by Annabelle Baylin
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Phonemic Awareness Board Game Explanation (PDF)
Developed by Brooke Diviak
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Board Game Card Set (PDF)
Developed by Brooke Diviak
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Board Game Board (PDF)
Developed by Brooke Diviak

High Frequency Word Activities

Explicit and highly engaging activities to support Phonemic Awareness. Please click the pictures or buttons to access the resources.

High Frequency Word List in Excel spreadsheet format featuring 400+ words
Analysis conducted with Devin Kearns Ph.D

Activity Mat for Grapheme-Phoneme Mapping

Developed by Gregory B. Rubin

For more information on explicit mapping instruction see Grace, K. (2006). Phonics and Spelling through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping. Sopris West

Developed by Josh Barocas, Anna Fischer, & Briana Nieto-Buie