Access the Florida Center for Reading Research. This is an
excellent site that will guide you in what you should be working
with in the classroom. You need to get a baseline in reading for
all of your students. Do a CBM such as AIMSWEB or a DIBELS and
then take it from there with their needs. You will have to create
flexible instructional groups since all students will not be on
the same level. It will work out well you may have 4-6 groups of
kids in your room learning different skills in reading, but you
will start to see a difference when you progress monitor them in
those reading skills. Once they reach a particular level, then
move them on to the next flexible group.
Good luck. It is hard, but there is a world of things out there
for you.
Once you have that info then access the FCRR site again and look
at the resources there. They are the TOP reading researchers and
they have wonderful materials and links.

On 1/25/09, Mark Pennington wrote:
> On 1/10/09, Rod Everson wrote:
>> On 1/05/09, MPS wrote:
>>> ...they are
>>> expecting me to create a curriculum as I go.
>>>
>>> The school year is halfway through, and I feel like I am
>>> struggling. Any ideas or anyone willing to help?
>
> Rod,
>
> First, find out what the reading problems are... Each kid will
> have different issues, but knowing these different strengths and
> weaknesses will allow you to plan which areas to prioritize.
> Then, you can find the curriculum to match student needs.
>
> I have a whole set of free reading and spelling assessments,
> along with answer keys and recording matrices at
> http://www.penningtonpublishing.com/blog and they are whole-
> class multiple choice format. Easy to give and easy to grade.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Mark Pennington MA Reading Specialis

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