The bible for explicit instruction in ELAR/RLA beyond literacy?
Hello I’m an 8th grader reading teacher and get students ever year with really spotty foundational knowledge: what is genre, how to identify it, dictionary skills, how to use context clues to comprehend no vocabulary, and of course a large group with fluency and reading comprehension issues. This is not to mention grammar woes.
I want to be really organized this upcoming year and have a systematic approach to my instruction that establishes what they know, builds knowledge in the right order and incorporates a lot of interaction as a form of assessment but mainly practice for them to apply what they’ve learned.
I am usually tied to my grade level team and must stay in lock step with them each day regardless of what I’m seeing in class. I want to feel confident in advocating for my students this year based the data that I gather to tailor my instruction more closely to their needs and intervene effectively with tutoring.
In other words, I want to become a truly effective teacher of RLA. What books should I read or experts should I contact?
Thank you in advance!