The Lit Six: What Every Teacher Needs to Build an Evidence-Based Literacy Block (Corwin Literacy)

Combine research-backed literacy instruction with classroom routines that help students find reading successAs schools embrace the science of reading, implementing evidence-based literacy practices is a must!Yet it can be challenging for busy teachers to know exactly how to put research-based approaches and strategies to work in the classroom. In The Lit Six: What Every Teacher Needs to Build an Evidence-Based Literacy Block, author Nancy Akhavan provides a framework that equips educators with the tools and strategies to build an effective, research-backed literacy block that engages students and fosters skilled readers and writers.The book shows teachers how to integrate six essential daily elements for their literacy block: (1) read alouds; (2) shared reading; (3) small group instruction; (4) writing; (5) language (including vocabulary and morphology); and (6) phonemic awareness, phonics, and word work. Designed to address the practical challenges teachers face in aligning teaching p