Instructional Minute

• Modeling:
• Clear Explanation and Planned Examples
• Practice:
• Guided Practice and Independent Practice
• Supporting Practices:
• Asking the right questions
• Eliciting frequent responses
• Providing immediate specific feedback
• Maintaining a brisk pace

Multiple means of representation is about providing learners various ways to access and engage with course content and information.

Watch this short video (2.5 minutes) about the benefits of using multiple means of representation while planning your lessons. Want more information on multiple representations? Check out this article from UDL: Multiple Representations

• Graphic Organizer
• Word Problems
• Codes
• Interactive Media and Simulations
• Hyperlinks
• Tables and Grids
• Closed Captioning
• Illustrations
• Storyboards
• Reader's Theater
• Total Physical Response (TPR)

In the next week, think about how you can use these strategies in your lesson planning and then give it a try!

Lexia LETRS provides a professional learning course of study based in the science of reading for elementary educators. The course teaches the how, what, and why of literacy acquisition to improve instructional practice and achieve long-term systemic change in literacy instruction.

LETRS for elementary educators is an investment in teachers’ literacy knowledge and professional practice. Teachers gain essential knowledge and skills to master the fundamentals of literacy instruction required to apply and transform student learning.

Let's celebrate the following educators in their completion of LETRS:

Jamie Balanowski, Amanda Brecht, Kathleen Decoster, Kelli Fortino, Allison Hansen, and Sharon Pease

The document attached outlines 9-12 curricular resources, standards and pacing. This can also be found by clicking here on the LSD website.

This on-demand professional learning resource provides micro-learning videos about every IXL feature and best practices for implementing IXL. Teachers must be signed into their IXL accounts to access these videos. https://www.ixl.com/resources/elearning-library

A resource to use as you see fit.