I am a Reading Recovery teacher and I just don't get how people say it is
expensive. I see 4 students 1 on 1. That's only 2 hrs. of my day. I also
see lots of other kids throughout the day in Early Literacy small groups.
The children in Reading Recovery get what they need so much more than I can
give to a small group of 3-5 (or 6 or 7...). If the kids I see in Reading
Recovery were in a small group instead of 1 on 1, they would not make near
the progress they do. These are children who are very well below their
peers.
In my small groups, no matter how hard I try, I don't feel like I am able to
meet the individual needs of my students. I feel I have to teach to the
middle, individualizing when I'm able. It's not always as easy to do that
though in 30 min. I don't really feel like I'm giving those students what
they need. When I spend more time with one child to individualize, I feel
like I'm neglecting the others in the small group.
It's ashame in my opinion, that we can't spend more time working one on one,
individualizing for all students, especially those who are struggling. That
would be expensive but well worth the expense!
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To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
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Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention
Yes, it's expensive, but so is retention and special education, and money to
fund those is saved by Reading Recovery many, many times.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Susanne Lee <susannelee...@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:28:15
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention
Hello! I too am a trained reading recovery teacher but I have gone back into
the classroom. Our school started using LLI this year to help students get
on grade level. We started with students who were 1-2 levels below grade
level and now we are working on other levels. I would like to be trained or
have the availability to use these resources in my classrooms. It seems to
be helping. Our school is still doing RR but who knows how long it will
stay. It is very expensive and with all of the budget cuts lately, I am
surprised it has survived so far................
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From: Levy, Lenore <lenore.l...@pearson.com>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 5:04 PM
Jeana,
I hear you about RR. I was trained also. My district did it for one year
and then decided they couldn't justify the cost of one on one
instruction.
We took the intent and the strategies of RR and morphed it into
instructional strategies for groups of 2 and 3. We had a grant that
helped us do that.
We were still able to use all of our RR materials. Just not one on one.
It is a loss.
I understand your feelings about programs but sometimes we really need
them to insure all students receive the same quality instruction and
that all teachers are meeting state as well as district literacy
curriculum goals. Often it is on the teacher's back to do and implement
and it becomes a burdersome, impossible task. Too much time is spent
preparing and gathering with a loss of instructional time.
At any rate, you are very thoughtful and considerate and I am sure will
make good decisions for your district. Good luck.
Lenore
Lenore Levy, Educational Consultant, Instructional Services
Pearson Curriculum Group
Cell: 856-278-5798
Home Office: 856-354-1251
lenore.l...@pearson.com
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[mailto:mosaic-bounces+lenore.levy=pearson....@literacyworkshop.org] On
Behalf Of Jeana Wise
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:06 PM
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention
Wow, thank you so much. I am new to this group; however, I have reviewed
many of the resources, powerpoints, and lesson ideas the past two years
and am grateful for having ran across the resources and group. Thanks so
much for your responses. My district is currently in the process of
going schoolwide title. Therefore, we are in the process of implementing
a "program" or model to help with this comprehensive school reform.
Leaving first grade after 6 years and training this year for Reading
Recovery to find out we will no longer use this program of intervention
for our struggling readers, I am very bummed. I feel that if we persue
the balanced literacy we once had in place along with our scope and
sequence we may be able to make school improvement. In addition to all
this we are looking into making one of our title teachers into a
literacy coach. This is something I have wanted for a long time in order
to provide professional development opportunities to other teachers who
!
are missing out on all the great research and strategies that are out
there! It is also scary for the fact that I have no idea how long this
position will be available due to budget cuts and high expectations for
change. With that being said, my district is much like any other
district looking into all the "things" that are out there to improve
instruction and data. Out of all the assessment tools and instructional
tools I have reviewed, I have been interested in the LLI even though I
do not promote programs! I feel that it is important to help children
think and learn; however, I often wonder why we are teaching them to do
well with a program and look at the transferability among other aspects
of life--it's not there! The LLI does seem like a better way to address
reading with actual BOOKS.
I personally am not fond of AIMSWEB or DIBELS. It seems as if those
children who read well, fail and those who don't read well...are not
being measured in "instructional ways" even though there are parts that
I feel can be expanded in the classroom as literacy instruction (cloze
reading is a good strategy for reading /predicting a reasonable word
that is tricky without losing meaning). Being a Reading Recovery
teacher, I feel that the OS is a better indicator of strengths and
weaknesses.
Thanks so much for your thoughts!
Jeana
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