SSL¶
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Description¶
SSL is a structured early-literacy intervention programme whose developers provide lessons using modelling, guided practice, progress monitoring, and reteaching.
Components¶
- Model-lead-test lesson format with progress monitoring and re-teaching: Each SSL lesson sequences four to six activities and follows a model-lead-test format: "The teacher first models the target skill. Students replicate the example and practice the skill with assistance from the teacher." Teachers then monitor student progress and re-teach skills to students who do not fully master them, and lessons can be repeated to support mastery. Each lesson begins with a set of nursery rhymes before the sequenced instructional activities. (What Works Clearinghouse (2007))
Claims¶
Related Products and Programmes¶
- Stepping Stones to Literacy
- SIPPS
- Really Great Reading
- Headsprout Early Reading
- Strategies to Improve Reading Partnership (STIR)
Key Sources¶
- What Works Clearinghouse. (2007). WWC Intervention Report: Stepping Stones to Literacy. U.S. Department of Education. https://www.steppingstonestoliteracy.com
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SSL |
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SSL is a structured early-literacy intervention programme whose developers provide lessons using modelling, guided practice, progress monitoring, and reteaching. |
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