Hi everyone, I was asked to test a 2nd grader who has been in our District since Kindergarten. Her Benchmarking scores (MAP and Aimsweb) red-flagged her for Intervention. The teacher agreed. Fluency and comprehension are low but she is wildly inconsistent day to day. She is getting the Horizons Intervention program 4x/week plus an extra dose of guided reading one-on-one 4x/week. She is not making appropriate progress according to progress monitoring and the running records, and oral and visual assessments of the teachers. She is totally inconsistent in her knowledge. One day, she reads well and answers questions. The next day, she cannot remember the "silent e" rule or the "When two vowels go walking..." or she will have trouble recognizing rhyming words, even when they are placed in a row in front of her. The teacher and Interventionist are stumped. (Me too!) Does anyone have any thoughts on strategies we could use or any professional books I could buy that would give us strategies to help her simple recall? Also, any information on processing issues would be so helpful as well. I don't have a huge background in that area. Thank you!! Megan Dorsay District Reading Specialist Skokie District 73.5 8000 E. Prairie Rd. Skokie, IL 60076 McCracken Middle School 847-676-8204 Middleton Elementary 847-676-8035 [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sally Thomas [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:30 PM To: mosaic listserve Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] School wide reading.
I HIGHLY recommend the book Day to Day Assessment in the reading Workshop; Making informed Instructional Decision in Grades 3 - 6. By Sibberson and Szymusiak. Honestly I taught a reading workshop classroom for years grades 5 - 6. Much of my doctoral research had to do with intrinsic motivation and also assessment (the good kind ) as integral to intrinsic motivation. This book is absolutely excellent in describinb the thinking and classroom practices that least to highly engaged and effective reading - the independent reading so critical along with some of the other balanced literacy needed - to complete the whole!!! Please please please check it out. It works for primary and middle school, probably hgih school if you have the flexible mindset that can see the underlying assumptions of the practices and figure out how to make them work at the different levels. Sally thomas On 4/8/12 4:42 PM, "Jennifer Olimpieri" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. I work in a k-5 school as a reading consultant. We currently have a > monthly calendar that kids turn in to get a small prize. At the end of the > year the get recognized, so on and so forth. However, the program is old and > not very enticing. The younger ones are usually the ones turning in their > calendars but mostly it is ineffective anymore. I would like to revitalize a > school wide reading program. Does anyone have fresh and exciting ideas that is > easily recordable but effective? I would live to hear ideas out there. > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive Skokie School District 73 1/2 The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
