Key Actions for Meeting the Needs of ALL K-3 Readers and Writers Now Available!
According to KRS 158.791 Section 1(1), a primary goal of Kentucky’s Read to Succeed Act is to ensure "all children learn to read well before exiting grade three (3).” The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has identified four key teacher actions to move from ineffective practices to evidence-based structured literacy practices.
Key Actions for Meeting the Needs of ALL K-3 Readers and Writers points out misconceptions associated with ineffective literacy practices and provides explanations for what we now know about evidence-based practices in early literacy. These practices are critical to meeting the needs of all K-3 readers and writers and can be accomplished through these key actions:
- Key Action #1: Provide explicit, systematic instruction in foundational skills to every child.
- Key Action #2: Build comprehension by engaging all students in discussion of complex, knowledge-rich text sets.
- Key Action #3: Use small-group reading time to target foundational skills or to develop comprehension using complex text.
- Key Action #4: Provide instructional time to address all five components of reading.
 Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference Date Announced
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) Division of Early Literacy invites you to the first annual Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Conference on June 20, 2024 at the Central Bank Center, formerly the Lexington Convention Center.
Keynote speaker and educational journalist Emily Hanford, host of the Sold a Story podcast – the second-most-shared show on Apple Podcasts in 2023 and one of Time magazine’s top three podcasts of the year – has been covering education for American Public Media since 2008. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the EWA Public Service Award in 2019 for Hard Words and the 2017 Excellence in Media Reporting on Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association.
The conference will require registration, but is FREE to Kentucky K-12 public educators and will offer focused learning pathways to meet the needs of teachers and administrators. Attendees will learn from KDE OTL consultants and partners about:
- Evidence-based instructional shifts for literacy;
- The benefits of structured literacy;
- Why high-quality instructional resources matter; and
- Available resources for implementing the Read to Succeed Act.
Mark your calendar for this June 20 event. Registration information will be coming soon.
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