Additional Literacy Programs

Foundations

Foundations offers teachers professional knowledge to assist in differentiating instruction.

It includes research based information on the five components of reading identified by the National Reading Panel: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, and Phonics.

Dynamic Indication of Basic Early Literacy Skills

DIBELS is a collection of screening assessments for early literacy skills that can assist teachers and schools in identifying children who may need more intensive, or individually tailored instruction.

Students so identified can then be given Progress Monitoring Assessments to determine what interventions are effective.

Sue Gifford is one of the MAISD's trainers of MLPP and Foundations.

"Literacy is the foundation for learning in all aspects of our students' lives."

For More Information
Contact:

Amy Oak

Early Childhood & Literacy Consultant
Phone:(231) 767-7221
Fax: (231) 773-1028
aoak@muskegonisd.org

The MAISD supports the professional development of teachers as we strive to actualize Michigan?s Reading Plan of all children in our state becoming independent and competent readers by the end of third grade.