A Comprehensive
Literacy Program
Reading & Writing Assessments
Formative and summative assessments determine instructional needs and monitor progress. Includes tutorials, resources, and student tracker.
Tier 2 & 3 Literacy Intervention
Small-group supplementary intervention helps struggling readers become successful and confident.
Independent Reading
Classroom libraries filled with fiction and nonfiction texts.
Phonics & Word Study
Explicit lessons in phonemic awareness, spelling, and decoding skills using hands-on tools.
Professional Learning
Provided by skilled literacy consultants on-site and online.
Guided Writing
Scaffolded lessons build writing skills and deepen comprehension.
Guided Reading
Fiction and nonfiction texts with instructional lessons support a strong literacy processing system.
Digital Subscription
Access Literacy Footprints titles online with accompanying lesson plans for remote/hybrid learning.
Interactive Read-Aloud
Whole-class lessons support comprehension strategies using mentor texts.
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Literacy Footprints is a complete guided reading system developed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne. The lessons are based on Jan’s Next Step Forward in Guided Reading and Jan and Michèle’s coauthored Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics. Literacy Footprints features leveled readers, unique teaching tools, and guided reading lesson plans integrated with reading, writing and phonics.
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Intervention Partner
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In Their Own Words
Guided writing
is a
part of
every
Literacy
Footprints lesson.
It provides a supported
opportunity for students to
gain additional experience
writing about text.