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Welcome to Title I
Parent Orientation Meeting
What is Title I?
• Title 1 provides supplemental
federal funding for low achieving
children, especially in highpoverty schools.
• Title 1 is a program which
provides extra academic support
and learning opportunities for
children farthest from meeting
challenging state standards.
How Does the Money Get
to My School District?
• The money travels from the
US Government to your
school district then to your
school building.
• Census data is used to
determine the amount of
Title 1 money your district
receives.
How Does a School
Become a Title 1 School?
• The number of students that
get free and/or reduced lunch
is used to determine the
district-wide poverty and
school poverty.
• Title 1 can serve schools at or
above the district-wide
poverty average.
Will My Child Receive Title 1 Services?
Services are given to students
who are in need of academic
help, according to the state
standards and the collection of
the school's data. This is NOT
based on the poverty of the
student's family.
How Does Title 1 Help Schools?
Title 1 helps your school by SUPPLEMENTING
and improving the regular education programs
offered at your school to help students meet
the State standards.
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Small Group in Class Assistance
Supplemental Education Services
Title I Tutoring
Parent Involvement
What Types of Services are Offered?
It is up to the individual schools to design a program
to help students improve academic achievement to
meet the challenging State standards, meet the needs
of students, and provide professional development
for teachers and parents.
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Small Group in Class Assistance
Supplemental Education Services
Title I Tutoring
Parent Involvement
Title I Services
Henry P. Fieler
Elementary School
Student Selection Process
Students are selected for Title I services
based on data from three assessments:
• Gr. K: IRDA assessment, Pre-Kids
Readiness Test, Peabody Vocabulary Test
• Gr. 1: IRDA assessment, DIBELS
Nonsense Word Fluency Check
• Gr. 2-4: IRDA assessment, Scholastic
Reading Inventory (SRI) Lexile, DIBELS
Fluency Check
• Gr. 3-4: Scholastic Reading Inventory
(SRI) Lexile, MacMillan Reading Series
Placement results, DIBELS Fluency Check
Description & explanation
of the curriculum to be used
Working in small groups, students use the
Macmillan and Rigby Reading Series, along
with supplemental materials, to review the
five areas of reading instruction. This
includes:
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Phonemic awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension.
The goal of all instruction is to help students
master the Indiana Academic Standards for
Reading & Language Arts.
Phonemic Awareness
• Phonemic Awareness is the ability to
hear, identify and manipulate sounds
in words.
• Phonemic Awareness is important
because it is the basis of spelling, word
reading, and comprehension.
• We work on Phonemic Awareness by
making words with letter tiles and
switching letters to make new words.
Phonics
• Phonics helps children learn the
relationships between letters and
sounds.
• Phonics is important because it
enables children to decode words and
helps them use predictable patterns in
spelling.
• We work on Phonics by sounding out
nonsense words to see if students can
apply the rules we’ve taught.
Fluency
• Fluency is the ability to read a text
accurately and quickly.
• Fluency is important because it frees
students to understand what they read.
• We work on Fluency by doing “Partner
Reading”. We take turns reading aloud to
show how read smoothly and how to
change your voice when reading
sentences with question marks or
exclamation marks.
Vocabulary
• Vocabulary refers to the words we
must know to communicate
effectively.
• Vocabulary Instruction is important
because readers must know what most
of the words mean before they can
understand what they are reading.
• We introduce new words and make
connections with words we already
know. For example, we talk about
antonyms and synonyms for words.
Comprehension
• Comprehension, or understanding
what is read, is the reason for reading.
• Comprehension instruction is
important because readers need to
learn strategies to help them make
sense of what is being read.
• We help students comprehend what
they read by introducing strategies
such as predicting before reading and
summarizing after reading.
Forms of academic assessment
used to measure student progress
• Fluency – DIBELS (words per minute)
screenings.
• Comprehension - Scholastic Reading
Inventory (SRI) 3 times a year.
• Treasures & Rigby Reading Series
Weekly and Unit Tests (80% Mastery)
Proficiency levels that students are
expected to meet
DIBELS Fluency Screening (Words Per Minute)
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End of Gr. 1: 40 words/minute
End of Gr. 2: 90 words/minute
End of Gr. 3: 110 words/minute
End of Gr. 4: 118 words/minute
Proficiency levels that students are
expected to meet
Scholastic Reading Inventory Lexile Scores
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End of Gr. 1: Lexile 300
End of Gr. 2: Lexile 500
End of Gr. 3: Lexile 600
End of Gr. 4: Lexile 700
Proficiency levels that students are
expected to meet
Kindergarten Reading Skills
• Knowledge of Letters & Sounds
• Recognition of Basic Sight Words
• Ability to read 3-4 Letter words
and short sentences
• Awareness of Vocabulary
Concepts
Parent Involvement
Parents are an Important
Part of Title 1!
• Schools offer a variety of workshops, to
parents, about many topics on how to
help their child.
• Parents are needed and encouraged to
help plan/change Title 1 school's policy,
participate in classroom visitations,
attend informational meetings, attend
Parent/Teacher conferences, and to help
evaluate the overall program of the
school.
• Title 1 helps parents understand the laws
of education.
Fieler School Parent Involvement Policy
This document informs you of your rights to be involved
in your child’s education. Parents of children enrolled in
the Title I Reading program shall be invited to participate
in the following events:
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A Parent Orientation Meeting
Winter Parent and Child Workshop
A Scheduled Parent Teacher Conference
A Spring Parent Input Meeting
Merrillville Community School
Corporation Parent Involvement Policy
This document informs you that the school district, Merrillville
Community School Corporation, will provide assistance to each
school as it prepares for the parent meetings.
The school district will also conduct, with the involvement of
parents, an annual evaluation of the content and the
effectiveness of the district parent involvement policy.
Parent Concern Procedures
• A complaint may be submitted by any
individual or organization, and is defined
as a written, signed allegation that a
federal or state law, rule, or regulation
has been violated by a Local Educational
Agency (LEA) or the Indiana Department
of Education (IDOE).
• A complaint may be filed by parents,
teachers, administrators, or other
concerned individuals or organizations.
• An examples of complaints might be
failure to host an annual meeting or
failure to allow parent input into the Title
I program.
Title 1 Parent Concern Form
School Name:
Parent Name:
Student Name:
Grade:
Date:
Address:
Phone #:
Email:
Description of complaint:
Person/Persons you have talked to prior to this formal complaint:
TO BE FILLED OUT BY PRINCIPAL/ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
What was resolved during this process:
Description of next step:
Signature of Parent
Signature of Principal/Assistant Principal
Online Resources
Merrillville Community School Corporation
www.mvsc.k12.in.us
Merrillville Community School Corporation
Student Information
www.mvsc.k12.in.us/k12datamine/
Indiana Department of Education Title I
www.doe.in.gov/TitleI/welcome.html
The Indiana Partnerships Center
www.fscp.org/
ISTEP+ Student Reports & Parent Network
Information www.InParentNetwork.com
Elementary Websites
Macmillan Reading Series
treasures.macmillanmh.com/indiana/students
Starfall learn-to-read website for Pre-K-2nd
www.starfall.com/
Clifford, the Big Red Dog for K and 1st grade
teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
Indiana Academic Standards K- 8 Activities
www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
Website listing for each area of the curriculum
www.buddyproject.org/jfy/kids/links/default.asp
Questions?
Thank You for
Attending!