PODCAST
Catering to educators hungry for literacy knowledge, each episode explores essential topics and terms in literacy, providing insights and expert perspectives to empower teachers with practical knowledge.
PODCAST
Catering to educators hungry for literacy knowledge, each episode explores essential topics and terms in literacy, providing insights and expert perspectives to empower teachers with practical knowledge.
Decodable Texts vs.
Leveled Readers
Advocating for
Structured Literacy
Small Group
Instruction
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Meet the Host
Marjorie Bottari is an experienced teacher, reading specialist, reading coach, and elementary administrator. She has had the opportunity to work with a variety of grade levels, ranging from Pre-K-8. Marjorie has earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Elmhurst College, a master’s degree as a reading specialist from DePaul University, and a master’s in educational leadership and administration from Benedictine University. Marjorie had an opportunity to work with and learn from Dr. Michael Heggerty, who served as her mentor when receiving her administrative degree. Marjorie joined Heggerty in 2018 and co-authored Bridge the Gap and the Early Pre-Kindergarten curriculum.
INTRODUCING
Explicit phonemic awareness and phonics instruction come together in our new K-2 foundational skills curriculum!
Resources
Launching Bridge the Gap 2025
Authored by Lori Jurjovec, one of the authors of Bridge…
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Bridge the Gap 2025 Edition Sample
Bridge the Gap is designed to be used during an intervention lesson, focusing the instruction specifically on developing phonemic awareness. The lessons are designed to target specific phonemic awareness skills and provide explicit instruction for students in 2nd grade and above who struggle to decode or encode words in print.
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Fidelity Checklist – Primary Extension
The Fidelity Checklist can be used to provide feedback for teachers as they implement the lessons in their classrooms. This is not meant to be an evaluation, but rather a tool to support effective implementation of the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness curriculum.
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