Kelly,
Our building uses DRA2 for all students 3 times a year in 1-2 then 2 times for
3-5. We use Dibels for K-5 3 times a year. Classroom teachers have had strategy
instructional support from the district lit coach and me for the past 3 years.
RTI primarily uses Dibels progress monitoring for
I see these kids really connecting with Gary Paulsen especially if they do any
research on him. He was one of them!
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We just had our night. We had several classes do readers thaeter and we did a
simple presentatio with power point outlining the 7 keys to comp. We had kids
help explain it and the parents were very impresses when the heard their
children referring to their schema and metacognitio. Of course the
This is a pretty slow response but the book is Welcome Comfort and its also one
of my favorites. Its hard to find. I had to order it She also wrote A Christmas
Tapestry. And An Orange for Frankie. (Also a Christmas story). Another great
book that we use when collecting items for gift boxes for n
We have a large bulletin bard in our conference room that we use for this. DRA
levels go across the top. Individual cards with numbers on the front and
student info on the back.are pinned under the correct DRA level. They are
color coded for grade level so at a glance it is easy to see where th
I agree that classroom libraries are best but if you have a lot f ew teachers
and money is an issue a bookroom can be a huge asset. Our teachers check out
sets of leveled texts to use in their guided reading lessons and the students
keep them in their book basket for several weeks some teachers
Do you have a book roon? You can support a lot classrooms with much less money.
We have almost 2000 titles in our book room for grades K-5. We were able to add
lots of leveled books for very little money with a single subscription to
Reading A-Z. You can e-mail off list if you want more info.
Animated Literacy is a multi-sensory phonics program created by Jim Stone. It
incorporates all vowel spelling patterns as well as writting and parts of
speech using song and movement ans drawing to give students some connection. I
see kids unconsiously making hand motions as they read
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I use the rubric from the dra on other leveled texts
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What are people using for progress monitoring for kids with comprehensi
Mindy'
I suggest you pick up a copy of Seven Keys for Comprehension (I don't remember
the author). It is perfectly aligned with MOT and is a very easy read' good to
recommend to parents. I found that reading this helped with my understanding of
MOT
I remember when I first started teaching readi
Writing letters to the characters can be a good reading response activity.
Think aloud can also provide opportunities for creative problem solving and you
can have the kids do some pair-share during the reading. I would caution you to
be sure to prepare the students by scaffolding them into the
If you are using nonsense words in context (such as Jamberry or The Jaberwocky)
you can teach usung context to determine meaning. Afterall, what's the
difference between a so-called nonsense word and any other word the reaader
doesn't know?
Debbie
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I wouldn't teach nonsense words just to improve DIBELS scores and DIBELS tests
them to determine a student's understanding of phonics. A strong understanding
of sound and spelling patterns will go a long way to help the older students
get through some tough words later on. I like to think of DI
I have to chime in here - my district has used everyday math for 6 years now
and, although the teachers complained at first, our kids absolutely ROCK the
state tests. We haven't even considered math interventions because there isn't
a need. We have a couple of teachers who offer tutoring after s
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