This course provides an overview of the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy: Grades K to 3. You'll learn how the document is structured, why it was developed, and how it is intended to be used across Michigan. This introduction lays the foundation for the research base and classroom application explored in the next course: Foundations: Research-Guided Practice. This course is part of the Essential Instructional Practices in Early Literacy, K-3 series.

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