## Story Friends™ sampler

Download the sampler to learn more about Story Friends, a literacy intervention focused on improving oral language skills for preschool and kindergarten children. [Read More](/content/resource-library/story-friends-sampler/index.html)

## Meet Story Friends™: an early literacy intervention for improving oral language

Do you have children in your program that struggle with oral language skills? [Read More](/content/resource-library/meet-story-friends-early-literacy-intervention-improving-oral-language/index.html)

## Research behind Story Friends™

Read about the research evidence and pilot studies behind Story Friends, a literacy intervention focused on improving oral language skills for preschool and kindergarten children. [Read More](/content/resource-library/research-behind-story-friends/index.html)

## Story Friends™ program overview

Read the program overview for Story Friends™, a literacy intervention focused on improving oral language skills for preschool and kindergarten children. [Read More](/content/resource-library/story-friends-program-overview/index.html)

## Vocabulary development

Read the excerpt to learn how vocabulary development strategies can be integrated into Tier 1 core reading and content area instruction and small-group Tier 2 and Tier 3 instruction. [Read More](/content/resource-library/vocabulary-development/index.html)

## The Role of Teacher Effectiveness in Children’s Reading Achievement

This chapter excerpt considers the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful teacher of reading as well as how schools of education might better prepare elementary-level educators to teach reading to children from a variety of backgrounds. [Read More](/content/resource-library/the-role-of-teacher-effectiveness-in-childrens-reading-achievement/index.html)

## Introduction of response to intervention in mathematics

Read the excerpt and discover the core components of response to intervention (RTI) and essential roles of school staff. [Read More](/content/resource-library/introduction-of-response-to-intervention-in-mathematics/index.html)

## Recognition & response: a model of response to intervention to promote academic learning in early education

Read the excerpt and discover Recognition & Response (R&R), a model of response to intervention (RTI) specifically designed for use with pre-K children and focused on their academic learning. [Read More](/content/resource-library/recognition-response-a-model-of-response-to-intervention-to-promote-academic-learning-in-early-education/index.html)