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Mass Literacy: Empowering Educators and Students in Massachusetts Through Evidence-Based Literacy

Here are resources to support you in using the Mass Literacy Guide.

• Mass Literacy: Where to Start
  This resource highlights six practices to prioritize for an early literacy program based on evidence of what works.

• Foundational Skills What To Look Fors
  This document is a quick guide for observing evidence-based foundational skills instruction in whole-and small-group settings, K–3.

• Mass Literacy: The Four Shifts
  This resource outlines four main shifts from outdated practices to evidence-based practices in early literacy.

• DESE Early Literacy for Multilingual Learners — Cross Cutting Ideas
  This resource outlines key ideas along with definitions, examples, and myths to keep in mind when designing literacy curriculum, instruction, and programs for multilingual learners.

• Mass Literacy: Early Literacy Screening with Dr. Nadine Gaab, January 7, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Early Literacy Lessons with Emily Hanford, January 13, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Early Literacy for Bilingual Students with Dr. Mariela Páez, January 27, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Language Development with Dr. Sonia Cabell, February 3, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Getting Started — Focus on Foundational Skills, February 25, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Getting Started — Focus on Complex Text, March 4, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Getting Started — Focus on Fluent Word Reading, March 11, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Getting Started — Focus on Language Comprehension, March 18, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Getting Started — Focus on Students Experiencing Reading Difficulties, March 25, 2021

• Mass Literacy: Getting Started — Leading a Multi-tiered System of Support, April 1, 2021

• Strong Start Webinar Connecting Early Literacy Screening with the MA Dyslexia Guidelines, June 23, 2021

• Strong Start Webinar Connecting Early Literacy Screening with the MA Dyslexia Guidelines, August 17, 2021

• MRA & DESE: Early Literacy Webinar with Margaret Goldberg, October 21, 2021

• MRA & DESE: Early Literacy Webinar Let's Continue the Learning, December 1, 2021 — Focus on Simple View of Reading

• MRA & DESE: Early Literacy Webinar Let's Continue the Learning, February 1, 2022 — Focus on Literacy Leadership and the MTSS Model

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Last Updated: February 28, 2024