PES Profile

READING STRATEGIES - STEPS TO SUCCESS

STEP ONE:  We design and implement quality lessons/activities to teach the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

STEP TWO:  We monitor student progress using a variety of data sources to determine which students show mastery, need additional practice or will benefit from extra time or intervention/remediation.

STEP THREE:  We organize students into flex groups and intervention groups four days a week to address individual needs identified through assessments such as TPRI, CBM, BEAR Inventory, fluency tests, edutests, STAR reading and math and teacher observations and selection tests.

STEP FOUR:  We work with students during flex group sessions to:

• extend the skill when students are working above grade level.
• give students additional practice when they have not shown mastery but are working at grade level.
• give students extra time or provide intervention on a particular skill when they are working below grade level.

STEP FIVE:  We develop Personal Education Plans (*PEP) to focus on specific skills needed to bring students up to grade level.

*Review PEPs twice a month to monitor progress.

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OTHER READING STRATEGIES INCLUDE:

• Encourage students to read between 10 - 20 minutes (K - 2)  and 20 - 30 minutes (3 - 5) every night. 
• Monitor daily reading practice through Accelerated Reader. 
• Read aloud to students during the school day.
• Provide self-selected reading time during the school day.
• Differentiate instruction to address learning styles, student interests and levels of performance.
• Practice reading skills (phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary strategies) across content areas and in support classes (art, media, music, Spanish, PE).
• Build vocabulary using Word Walls, Vocabulary Development (software program), student - teacher interaction and reading.
• Practice reading for fluency.
• Provide Open Circulation time in the media center for students to check out books as often as needed.
• Build classroom libraries to enhance self-selected reading time.
• Celebrate reading through reading programs (like Pizza Hut-Book It, Read Across America on Dr. Seuss's birthday, AR Challenge, Accelerated Reader), morning announcements and student recognition.