Nonsense What?Nonsense What?

Helping Your First Grade Student Helping Your First Grade Student Achieve in Reading and the Achieve in Reading and the

Assessments That Will Show ItAssessments That Will Show It

What happened to the old days?What happened to the old days?

THAT WAS THENTHAT WAS THEN Figure it out / memorizeFigure it out / memorize

Dick and JaneDick and Jane

Round RobinRound Robin

Slower PaceSlower Pace

THIS IS NOWTHIS IS NOW Phonics / DecodePhonics / Decode

Basal Reader / Trade Basal Reader / Trade BooksBooks

Guided ReadingGuided Reading

Raised ExpectationsRaised Expectations

What exactly is my child learning?What exactly is my child learning?

How to decode unknown words.How to decode unknown words. Memorize high frequency words.Memorize high frequency words. Read fluently…natural pace with Read fluently…natural pace with

expression.expression. Complicated spelling patterns…ow / ouComplicated spelling patterns…ow / ou WritingWriting

What is DIBELS and NWF?What is DIBELS and NWF?Teachers Have to Diagnose Children Teachers Have to Diagnose Children

Differently than DoctorsDifferently than Doctors

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills…Roland Good / University of OregonSkills…Roland Good / University of Oregon

Phoneme Segmentation FluencyPhoneme Segmentation Fluency Nonsense Word FluencyNonsense Word Fluency Oral Reading FluencyOral Reading Fluency Retell FluencyRetell Fluency

Phoneme Segmentation FluencyPhoneme Segmentation Fluency

I’m going to say a word and after I I’m going to say a word and after I say it you tell me all the sounds you say it you tell me all the sounds you hear in that word. So if I say Sam hear in that word. So if I say Sam you would say /s/ /a/ /m/. Now you you would say /s/ /a/ /m/. Now you try…. cat.try…. cat. computercomputer

Nonsense Word FluencyNonsense Word Fluency

Look at this word, it’s a make believe word. Look at this word, it’s a make believe word. Watch me read the word /s/ /i/ /m/ or /sim/. I Watch me read the word /s/ /i/ /m/ or /sim/. I can say the sounds of the letters /s/ /i/ /m/ or I can say the sounds of the letters /s/ /i/ /m/ or I can read the whole word /sim/. Now you try can read the whole word /sim/. Now you try to read a make believe word…lut.to read a make believe word…lut.

Is this a sim or a lut?

Oral Reading FluencyOral Reading Fluency

Please read this out Please read this out loud. When I say begin loud. When I say begin start here and read the start here and read the best you can. If you best you can. If you come to a word you come to a word you don’t know I’ll tell it to don’t know I’ll tell it to you so you can keep you so you can keep reading.reading.

One minuteOne minute Subtract miscues from Subtract miscues from

total number of words.total number of words.

Retell FluencyRetell Fluency

Tell me everything you can remember about Tell me everything you can remember about what you just read.what you just read.

WELCOME TO READING WELCOME TO READING STREETSTREET

TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONTEXTBOOK ADOPTION

SCOTT FORESMAN “READING STREET” SCOTT FORESMAN “READING STREET” HAS RAISED THE LEVEL OF HAS RAISED THE LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION YOUR CHILD IS INSTRUCTION YOUR CHILD IS RECEIVING.RECEIVING.

WE HAD TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF WE HAD TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF RAISED EXPECTATIONS IN OUR WORLD RAISED EXPECTATIONS IN OUR WORLD TODAY.TODAY.

SIDE EFFECTSSIDE EFFECTS

EXPECTATIONS RAISED ALL AT ONCEEXPECTATIONS RAISED ALL AT ONCE

SOME STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING A SOME STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING A DROP IN GRADES AS THE NEW DROP IN GRADES AS THE NEW PROGRAM BEGINSPROGRAM BEGINS

DON’T PANIC!!!!!!!!!DON’T PANIC!!!!!!!!!

WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS DOING?DOING?

WE ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE WE ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES AND LOTS OF PRACTICE AT EXPERIENCES AND LOTS OF PRACTICE AT THIS HIGHER LEVELTHIS HIGHER LEVEL

WE ARE TEACHING STUDENTS TO THINK AT WE ARE TEACHING STUDENTS TO THINK AT A HIGHER LEVELA HIGHER LEVEL

WE SCAFFOLD INSTRUCTION…WE SCAFFOLD INSTRUCTION…I DO, WE DO, YOU DO…TELL, MODEL, GUIDE, I DO, WE DO, YOU DO…TELL, MODEL, GUIDE, INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT

WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?

WATCH PAPERS IN THE TUESDAY WATCH PAPERS IN THE TUESDAY FOLDERFOLDER

LOOK AT THE FAMILY TIMES LOOK AT THE FAMILY TIMES NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER

ASK YOUR CHILD QUESTIONS THAT ASK YOUR CHILD QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE HIM OR HER TO THINK REQUIRE HIM OR HER TO THINK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS…WHY DO YOU BEYOND THE OBVIOUS…WHY DO YOU THINK? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? THINK? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

USE THE SCOTT FORESMAN USE THE SCOTT FORESMAN WEB SITEWEB SITE

WWW.PEARSONSUCCESS.NETWWW.PEARSONSUCCESS.NET

STUDENT EDITION ON LINESTUDENT EDITION ON LINE

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS?THIS?

COOL GROOVY OUT OF SYNC

MELLOW ANGRY FREAKED OUT

Thanks for coming and being Thanks for coming and being involvedinvolved