NWEA’s early reading specialists present practical, use-tomorrow strategies and downloadable resources for improving engagement and supporting literacy growth for your youngest readers.

The Advanced Word Recognition Learning Walk Tool is a companion for the Advanced Word Recognition Lesson Plan tool and is intended to support the teaching and learning shifts educators make to provide an equitable and excellent education for all students.

An embedded mnemonic is an image in the shape of a letter. They can help students master pairings between letter shape and letter sound. This printable resource includes color and black and white versions of embedded mnemonics, available in large and small sizes.

The Vocabulary Learning Walk tool is a companion for the Vocabulary Lesson Plan tool and is intended to support the teaching and learning shifts educators make to provide an equitable and excellent education for all students.

The Vocabulary Lesson Plan tool provides a simple, 5-minute instructional routine educators can implement daily to advance students’ knowledge of words.

The Building Fluent Readers Learning Walk Tool is a companion for the Building Fluent Readers Lesson Plan tool and is intended to support the teaching and learning shifts educators make to provide equitable and excellent education for all students.

The Advanced Word Recognition Lesson Plan tool provides a simple 15-minute instructional routine educators can use daily to advance students’ reading and spelling.