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Background
• Developed and used in schools across North America for over 10
years
• Hawker Brownlow has versioned it for Australia, rewriting stories
and adding Australian content
• CARS (Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies)
– The assessment portion: Pretest, diagnose strengths and weaknesses of each
strategy, level placement
• STARS (Strategies to Achieve Reading Success)
– A prescriptive reading series: instruction based on the results of the CARS Plus
series to address gaps
• Provides differentiation, explicit teaching and student data
What is it?
A 10 level program (P-H) that allows you to identify and teach twelve
reading comprehension strategies:
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Finding the Main Idea
Recalling Facts and Details
Understanding Sequence
Recognising Cause and Effect
Comparing and Contrasting
Making Predictions
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Levels P and AA focus on 6 strategies:
• Pre-reading, listening skills, visual, teacher-guided
Level A focuses on 8
Levels B–H focus on all 12
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Finding Word Meaning in Context
Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences
Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
Identifying Author’s Purpose
Interpreting Figurative Language
Summarising (Distinguishing between Real and
Make Believe in levels B and C)
What are the benefits?
• Comprehensive program that allows you to:
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Diagnose student comprehension
Instruct to the level of their ability
Benchmark their progress
Assess their achievement
Provide differentiated instruction
Create structure and continuity
• Ability for the program to follow the child from
Foundation to Year 9
• Facilitate instructional planning
• Make recordkeeping easier with online scoring
management system
What Does it Look Like?
Student Books
• CARS Plus Student Book contains:
– Student pacing chart
– 5 pretests, 5 benchmarking tests and 5 post tests (40 minute
lessons)
• STARS Plus Student Book contains:
– 12 Strategy Lessons
• Each ‘lesson’ is broken into 5 ‘parts’: modelled instruction,
modelled practice, guided instruction, guided practice and
independent practice
– Each ‘part’ takes one class to teach, so a single strategy ‘lesson’ takes
five days
– A 4-page review after every three strategy lessons
– A Final Review:
• 12-Page review of all strategies: 4 reading
passages, 48 multiple-choice questions
Teacher Guides
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CARS Plus Teacher Guide includes:
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Definitions of strategies
Three teacher assessments
Pretest, post test and benchmark answer keys
NOTE: Has no lessons
STARS Plus Teacher Guide includes:
– Suggested Lesson Pacing Chart
– Step-by-step instructions on how to guide students through lessons
including (NEW to STARS Plus!):
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Lesson objectives
Introducing the strategy
Model the strategy
Tips
ELL Support
– Strategy Bookmarks
– Reproducible answer form
– Completed answer form
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Genre focus
Teacher’s Corner
Reteaching
Connecting with
Literature
How Does it Work?
1. Download the Free Level Placement Booklet to assess
which level your students are at
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Less than 6 correct go down a level, 6-10 stay there,11 or more correct go up a level
2. Order the CARS & STARS Plus books for your desired level
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Note: Each level has a student and teacher guide.
3. Take the 5 pretests from the CARS Plus book to see where your students’
skills are in terms of the 12 strategies
4. Work through the STARS Plus books throughout the year
5. Administer the 5 benchmark tests during teaching STARS Plus to monitor
progress
6. If students are struggling with a reading strategy, have them work on the
specific Focus book OR if they are excelling, have them work on the
Extensions books
7. At the end of the year, take the 5 post tests in the CARS Plus book to see
how much the students have progressed.
Assessment
• The CARS Plus book contains the following assessments:
– 5 Pretests
• Five tests to be taken as soon as possible to fit in with school schedule
• Use this data when teaching STARS Plus strategies
– 5 Benchmark Tests
• To be done at your discretion throughout the year with STARS Plus
• Corrected orally with the entire class
– 5 Post Tests
• Assesses the results of the students
• Great for parent-teacher interviews and to show student
progress
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The STARS Plus program is the instruction portion,
however it also contains:
– A review after every three strategies
– A final review at the end of the book
STARS Plus Lesson Format
Each of the 12 lessons is broken into 5 Parts:
1. Modelled Instruction: “Think About the Strategy”
1. Guided Instruction: “Learn About the Strategy”
1. Modelled Practice: “Check Your Understanding”
1. Guided Practice: “Build on What You Have Learned”
2. Independent Practice: “Prepare for a Test”
Focus on Reading
Additional Resources
• Focus books help to reinforce reading skills and differentiate
instruction with concentrated practice on a single strategy
– 6 books: one for each of the higher-order strategies:
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Understanding Main Ideas and Details
Understanding Sequence
Recognising Cause and Effect
Comparing and Contrasting
Making Predictions
Drawing Conclusions and
Making Inferences
– 20 lessons in each book
– Great for remedial help and more
practice for specific strategies
Extensions in Reading
Additional Resources
• Extensions Books are for students who are excelling in all
strategies. It offers them more practice and extends the depth of
their understanding
• IMPORTANT NOTE: In the CARS & STARS Plus program, students
do not move up a level if they are doing well. They further build on
their knowledge of the strategies with Extensions.
– Extensions are available for levels A-H
• Other related resources that also focus on the
12 reading strategies:
– ALC (Assessing Levels of Comprehension)
– BLC (Building Levels of Comprehension)
CARS & STARS Online:
Reports and Assessment
A holistic approach. Save time and get results!
•Teachers enter student results
•Automatically analyse student performance for each strategy
•View detailed reports by individual or class
•Print paper-based reports
•Great for parent teacher interviews or for
passing on to the student’s next teacher
•Online program for students coming soon!
Associated Products
CAMS & STAMS is the same program re-designed for mathematics.
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CAMS (Comprehensive Assessment of Mathematics Strategies)
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STAMS (Strategies to Achieve Mathematics Success)
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SOLVE (Practice) C-H
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Includes Interactive Whiteboard Lessons for levels C-H
Next Steps
Download the Free Level Placement Guide from the website
to get started!
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