Introduction
Welcome to the Read&Write Educator Implementation Guide. The guide does not need to be completed in a single session; you are welcome to pause and return at any time to fit your schedule and learning needs. Educators who actively engage with the practice opportunities, interactive activities, and reflection prompts will gain the greatest benefit from the experience.
What is Read&Write?
It's a toolbar every educator should have in their toolkit.
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamiliar words, researching assignments and proofing written work, while empowering students to learn independently.
The toolbar features are designed to be accessible and adaptable to different learning styles and needs, including those with learning differences or English as a second language. Read&Write aims to foster greater independence and confidence in any setting.
Inclusive reading support across the curriculum
- Provide key support to improve reading speed, fluency and comprehension across all content areas.
- Reduce cognitive load, allowing students to focus on understanding context of reading passages.
- Increase inclusion and accessibility for neurodivergent and multilingual learners.
- Improves learning outcomes, confidence and wellbeing.
- Support Universal Design for Learning, differentiation, resource creation and learner independence.
- Enhance all aspects of language acquisition - reading, writing, vocabulary, comprehension, listening, and speaking.
Getting started with Read&Write
- Follow this three-step guided process to successfully implement Read&Write in your classroom.
Step 1
Explore
Discover each Read&Write feature and learn the purpose each serves for supporting student learning and accessibility.
Step 2
Demonstrate
Actively practice and model how to use the toolbar features throughout whole group, small group, or individualized teacher-led instruction.
Step 3
Integrate
Embed Read&Write features into lesson design, classroom routines, and student learning activities to consistently support instruction, engagement, and accessibility.
Additional Resources
Improve accessibility and engagement in PDFs using the powerful tools of Read&Write alongside OrbitNote. OrbitNote allows educators to enhance PDF documents with annotation tools to add notes and comments, all while providing students with the support they need using the full range of Read&Write tools they already know and love.