A Model for Effective Reading Instruction in the Intermediate GradesPresented By: Christina Grigsby

Lynn GrimmShelley Vargas

Adaptation to the Anna Program that began in Anna, Illinois.

Anna program used with primary students for one year prior to starting.

Three schools piloted the intermediate program the first year.

Four certified teachers

All Third and Fourth Grade Students

Flexible Grouping/Differentiated Instruction

30 minutes each day, four days per week

Weekly planning/discussion meetings

Embedded Professional Development

Room divided into four squares

Each teacher has an area for supplies

Classroom

Teacher

Parapro

(certified

teacher)

Reading

Specialist

Parapro

(certified

teacher)

Diverse Learners

Less than 60% of intermediate students were meeting standards.

Needed to strengthen our core curriculum

Provides students with on level instruction and consistent assessment

Eliminates the “what are the other kids doing” of guided reading.

Provides teachers with discussion time and feedback.

Word Work and Poetry– 10 minutes daily

Guided Reading/ Comprehension strategies-20 minutes per day

Special focus on fluency and vocabulary development

Friday planning with teachers/ whole class lesson for students

All students receive a new poem each week

Students practice orally reading the poem for fluency during the first few minutes of reading lab each day.

Work on Encoding and Decoding

Word Sorts

Dictation Sentences

Making Words

Emphasis on Prefixes and Suffixes

Word Sorts

Special Focus on prefixes and suffixes, syllables and word endings

Beginning of a new book

Focus on vocabulary and text structure

3rd Graders Hard and Soft C & G

Dictation Sentences

Review phonics skills

Continue reading book

Reader Response

Making Words

Review of phonic skills

Spelling

Hands-On

Differentiated

Continue reading book

Real World Comprehension

Menus, Recipes, Ads, Labels

Graphic Organizers, ISAT questions

Finish Book

Strategy of the Month

Comprehension Strategies Kit (Options)

Reader’s Theater

Tier 2 Words

Aims Web R-CBM

Aims Web Maze

Rigby Benchmark

Anecdotal Records

Running Records

Plan day with teachers

Weekly Agenda

Discuss student progress and concerns

Adjust groups

Students receive whole-group instruction re-enforcing the week’s skills and strategies

How do you measure success?

3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

60.7 59.650.9

63.5

82.1

60.272.4 71.4 69.6

7884

71

ISAT Scores (Reading)

2006 2007 2008 2009

School

57

68.6 71.477.8

ISAT Scores (Reading)

2006 2007 2008 2009

Spotlight School

~Albert Einstein

Some of our favorite resources

International Reading Association

Florida Center for Reading Research

Vaughn Gross Center For Reading and Language Arts

www.educationcreations.com