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VARIATIONS IN AMOUNT OF INDEPENDENT READING(Books, Magazines, Newspapers)

Minutes/Day Words/Year Percentile Rank 0.0 --- 2nd

1.0 51,000 10th 4.3 251,000 30th

9.2 601,000 50th

16.9 1,168,000 70th

33.4 2,357,000 90th

67.3 4,733,000 98th

Anderson, R., Wilson, P., and Fielding, L. Reading Research Quarterly, vol. 3, 1988. “Growth in reading and how children spend their time outside of school.”

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A Comparison

• Focuses on weaknesses in specific skill areas

• Places students in below-level texts

• Standard lesson– vocabulary– oral reading– questions– skills

• Students keep returning; gap gets wider

• Focuses on reading process with application of skills

• Starts with easy texts and moves to grade-level texts

• Research-based lesson– reciprocal teaching– graphic organizers– scaffolding

• Students released; students are up to level

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What is Intervention?

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Soar to Success ©2008• 28-30 weeks of intensive intervention

instruction– Phonemic Awareness – Phonics– Fluency – Vocabulary – Comprehension

• Balance of fiction/nonfiction text– High-interest, motivating text – From simple to more complex text

• Built-in progress monitoring

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The Literature

• Early Kindergarten Age-appropriate take-home books that support letter recognition and oral reading Weeks 1-5 reinforce knowledge of Letter names using the Alphafriends characters. Weeks 6-11 reinforce basic Phonics Skills and High-Frequency Words• Mid-Kindergarten—Grade 2 Two selections per week, one fiction and one nonfiction, with a common theme in

one volume• Grades 3-6 Twenty-eight motivating selection of authentic literature combining fiction and

nonfiction

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Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grades K – 2

Two titles per book ---- mid-kindergarten through Gr. 2

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Grade K

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Grade 1

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Grade 2

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Ready-made, easy-to-use components

• Student Materials– Tear & Take Readers (K)– Student Books (K-2)

Individual decodable books paired fiction & nonfiction

– Students Books (3 – 6) Trade fiction and nonfiction selections

• Instructional Materials – Teacher’s Manuals (K – 6)– Teacher’s Manuals, Summer

School (K-6)– Strategy Flipchart (3 – 6)

• Skills Practice/Manipulatives– Student Guides (K – 6)– Letters Cards (K – 1)– Word Cards (K – 1) – Picture Cards (K – 1)– Sound/Spelling Cards (1 – 2)– Blending Routine Cards (K – 2)– Alphafriends (K)– Letter Cards & Trays (K-6)

• Professional Development – Online Professional

Development– Professional Development

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Ready-made, easy-to-use components

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PRIMARY MATERIALS

Ready-made materials save teacher time.

–Student Guides (K – 6)–Letters Cards (K – 1)–Word Cards (K – 1) –Picture Cards (K – 1)–Sound/Spelling Cards (1 – 2)–Blending Routine Cards (K – 2)–Alphafriends (K)–Letter Cards & Trays (K-6)

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PRIMARY OVERVIEWLesson Overview Level 1

• Intensive Intervention Instruction – Phonemic Awareness– Phonics – Fluency – Vocabulary – Comprehension

• Oral Language

• Introduction of Reciprocal Teaching Strategies

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PRIMARY PLAN

Easy-to-use Instructional Plan

Daily 30-40 Minute Lessons – Revisiting – Teaching– Reading– Responding

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PRIMARY STRATEGIES

Reciprocal Teaching

• Predict• Summarize • Clarify/Phonics• Question

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Assessment Resources

• Pre- & Post-Testing – State/District Test – Gates-MacGinitie– IRI

• Diagnostic Testing – Phonics/Decoding

Screening Test – Timed Fluency Tests

• On-going Monitoring – Retellings – Oral Reading Checks

• Benchmark Assessments – Grades K – 2 will focus on

• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics • High-frequency words• Fluency

– Grades 3 – 6 will focus on• Fluency • Comprehension

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Teacher materialsStudent materials

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Ways to Purchase Soar!

Levels K- 6• 7 copies of each Literature title

30 books at Gr. 1-2 28 books at Gr. 3-6

• Complete Teacher’s Manuals• All components included• Model Lessons for Professional

Development

Levels 3 - 6• 7 copies of 10 new titles• Complete Teacher’s Manuals with

plans for all 28 weeks of instruction• All components included• Modeled Lessons for Professional

Development

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Soar to Success ©2008• 28-30 weeks of intensive intervention

instruction– Phonemic Awareness – Phonics– Fluency – Vocabulary – Comprehension

• Balance of fiction/nonfiction text– High-interest, motivating text – Simple from more complex text

• Built-in progress monitoring

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Soar to Success

• STUDENT SUCCESS K – 8

• TEACHER SUPPORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN

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Andrew, 11 years old…

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