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In this episode, we talk with first grade teacher, April Evans, about how she uses Tier 1 foundational skills assessment data to make decisions about small group time, such as how students are grouped, what happens during small group instruction, and why all students have access to readable, knowledge building texts. She discusses structures and routines that support accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. Both decodable and readable, knowledge building texts have a purpose and place in her classroom.

Resources

• Geodes readable, knowledge building texts 
• Decodable Reader Protocol from Achieve the Core
• To Help Students Read and Write, Shower Some Love on the Sentence by Natalie Wexler 
• The Writing Revolution by Dr. Judith  Hochman and Natalie Wexler 
• Vocabulary Strategy: Concept Mapping 
• Melissa and Lori Love Literacy Podcast Episode 92

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