Big Ideas In Beginning Reading, by the University of Oregon

This website is designed to provide information, technology, and resources to teachers, administrators, and parents across the country.
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading focuses on the five BIG IDEAS of early literacy:

• Phonemic Awareness
• Alphabetic Principle
• Accuracy and Fluency with text
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

The website includes definitions and descriptions of the research and theories behind each of the big ideas, describes how to assess the big ideas, and provides information on how to teach the big ideas in your classroom.

Site Map

• Home
• Beginning Reading
  • GOAL: All children reading by the end of third grade.
  • The Scope of Reading in the U.S.
  • Demographics and Societal Trends
  • The Persistence of Reading Difficulties
  • The Difficulty of Sustaining Effective Practices
  • Teaching Reading is the Integration of Two Complex Systems
• The Big Ideas
  • Phonemic Awareness
    • Concepts and Research
    • Instruction
    • Assessment
  • Alphabetic Principle
    • Concepts and Research
    • Instruction
    • Assessment
  • Fluency with Text
    • Concepts and Research
    • Instruction
    • Assessment
  • Vocabulary
    • Concepts and Research
    • Instruction
  • Comprehension
    • Concepts and Research
    • Instruction
    • Assessment
• Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
  • Curriculum
    • Evaluating and Selecting a Core Reading Program
    • Consumer's Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program
    • Oregon Reading First Center Curriculum Resources
  • Instruction
    • Instruction within a Schoolwide Reading Model
  • Assessment
    • Types of Reading Assessments
    • Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
    • Assessment within a Schoolwide Reading Model
• Resources