Transcript Passport to Reading

Passport to Reading
School Wide
Differentiated Reading Instruction
Oak Park District 97
Dr. Albert Roberts, Superintendent
Longfellow School
Angela Dolezal, Principal
Presenter:
Terese Parr, Reading Specialist
Passport to Reading
What
is it?
How does it benefit
students ?
Passport to Reading
Passport
to Reading is the name of our
school-wide, differentiated reading
program.
This
program features 30-minute time
blocks for each grade level (grades K-5) four
days a week. During Passport students
travel to various classrooms to learn
specific reading skills.
Passport to Reading
These
skill groups span the spectrum
from intervention to enrichment.
Intervention
Enrichment
All
Passport to Reading
students in grades K-5 are screened with
DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills,
University of Oregon) to assess reading progress at
least 3 times per academic year.
There
are specific academic targets or
benchmarks for rate and accuracy at each
grade level.
Kindergarten
& first grade students are also
assessed on phonological awareness skills.
All
Passport to Reading
students in grades K-2 and those
students in grades 3-5 who don’t
meet the benchmarks are further
tested using:
Phonological
Awareness Screener for
Intervention (PASI) and/or
Phonics
(PSI).
Screener for Intervention
Based
Passport to Reading
on the results of these screenings
and teacher input children are placed in
skill-development groups to meet their
needs.
Some
are instructed in phonological
awareness, some in phonics, some reading
fluency and others in vocabulary and
comprehension skills.
How Does Passport Work ?
Each
student has 30-minutes of skillfocused instruction. Most grade levels have
Passport four times per week.
These
Passport groups for each grade level
are built into the school schedule much like
art, music, gym, etc.
How Does Passport Work?
continued
 In
grades K-5 students travel to other classrooms
to receive needed instruction.
 For
example, all 2nd-grade students go to one of seven
classrooms during Passport time (9:10-9:40) four days a
week.
 The
students are divided into 7 different skill
groups.
 The
beginning-level skill groups are typically
smaller than the more advanced groups.
How Does Passport Work?
These
continued
groups are taught by
homeroom teachers, reading
teachers, the teacher of gifted and
talented.
Passport Instruction in Grades K-5
Each
group’s focus is different and is
based on the needs of the students in
the group.
For
example, one group may work on
silent E skills; another on consonant
blends and another on comprehension
skills.
Continuums of Skills
Phonological
Continuum
Phonics
Awareness
Continuum
Progress Monitoring
Schedule:
Progress Monitoring is an
assessment of specific skills and
occurs about every 2-3 weeks.
Flexible
Grouping: Groups change
about every 3-4 weeks and changes
are based on skill development.
How Does Passport Benefit
Students?
Specific
phonological awareness,
phonics, fluency or comprehension
needs are being met.
Instruction
depth.
is focused and in-
How Does Passport Benefit
Students?
Groups
change regularly to meet
students’ needs.
Teachers
have accurate and timely
data about each student’s reading
ability to support instruction.
Data Collection
Each
student has a folder with
his/her data charted. This shows the
student’s ongoing progress.
Each grade level has a master chart
listing the skills, teachers’ and group
members’ names for each new
rotation of classes.
Data Collection
All
students are administered the
DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)
benchmark tests three times a year.
The
testing administration is divided
between homeroom and reading
teachers.
Data Collection
DIBELS
continued
testing includes: Letter
Naming Fluency, Initial Sound
Fluency, Phonemic Segmentation,
Nonsense Word Fluency (grades K-1),
and Oral Reading Fluency (grades 2-5).
Contact Information
Angela
Dolezal, Principal
(708) 534-3060; [email protected]
Terese Parr; Reading Specialist
[email protected]