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A chance to win a free set of the new Joy Cowley Collection

by Matthew

Oct 13, 2009

Hameray Publishing Group has announced today that by requesting a free copy of the Joy Cowley Collection brochure you will be automatically entered for a chance to win one of 50 free complete sets.

Hameray Publishing Group offers 15 all-new titles by the award-winning and critically-acclaimed author of children's books, Joy Cowley. With a...See More

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STAR new progress monitoring tool

by RtI teacher

Oct 15, 2009

We use the STAR Early Literacy test and STAR Reading test as our universal screener in our RtI program. Ren. learning came out with a new progress monitoring tool this summer. Please, is anyone using it that you can share some info on it? Is it an effective tool for monitoring every 2 weeks? Thanks!

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Reading First - Year 4 at my school

by and guess what?

Nov 4, 2009

I've had to teach more basic skills this year than every before (I teach 5th grade). For the first time ever, here is a short list of "firsts" for my students... - many didn't know their vowel sounds - short or long. - many did not know the difference between a consonant and a vowel. - many had no idea about how locate points on a map with latitude...See More

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OP I think this is a result of the "just keep the pace and they'll get it eventually" philosophy of Reading First. I've been teaching for 20 years -- and I've never seen such a rapid and drastic drop in students' abilities since Reading First came to our school. In 5th grade -- we're not under the strict mandates of the RF grant, and even though the a...See More

Nov 8, 2009

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Kinder Gal I totally agree with OP's comment on the reading first philosophy. I have been teaching for 18 years. For the past 2 years, I have been so frustrated teaching reading. Reading first expects students to "get it" by student's responding on cue. Those who do not get it are lost in the shuffle. Students are then tested to death with DIBELS weekly, whic...See MoreI totally agree with OP's comment on the reading first philosophy. I have been teaching for 18 years. For the past 2 years, I have been so frustrated teaching reading. Reading first expects students to "get it" by student's responding on cue. Those who do not get it are lost in the shuffle. Students are then tested to death with DIBELS weekly, which leaves me no time to work with those who really need the extra support. I just got the results of my student's end of the year reading test. It is not pretty. Those who did not get it, didn't!

On 11/08/09, OP wrote: > I think this is a result of the "just keep the pace and they'll > get it eventually" philosophy of Reading First. I've been > teaching for 20 years -- and I've never seen such a rapid and > drastic drop in students' abilities since Reading First came to > our school. In 5th grade -- we're not under the strict mandates > of the RF grant, and even though the administrators try their > best to make us adhere to these horrible practices -- I just > close my door and teach, and hopefully the students will have a > greater understanding when they leave 5th grade. > > > On 11/06/09, sincere wrote: >> Do you think they have never been taught these skills, or that >> they were taught and "didn't get it"? Will they get it now??? >> I teach children that "just don't get it" no matter what I > do... >> >> >> On 11/04/09, and guess what? wrote: >>> I've had to teach more basic skills this year than every >>> before (I teach 5th grade). For the first time ever, here >>> is a short list of "firsts" for my students... >>> - many didn't know their vowel sounds - short or long. >>> - many did not know the difference between a consonant and >>> a vowel. >>> - many had no idea about how locate points on a map with >>> latitude and longitude, or many other basic map skills -- >>> like the fact the equator is zero degrees latitude. >>> - many did not know the difference between a state, a >>> country and a continent. >>> - I'm teaching writing skills like how to capitalize the >>> first letter in a sentence and how to use ending >>> punctuation. >>> - a large number of them are reading fluently and have >>> absolutely no idea what they are reading. >>> Yikes!!!!!

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What happens after Reading First/

by Kinder Gal

Nov 14, 2009

For those who have survived Reading First, what are you doing now? Are you continuing to teach reading first with a reading coach? Did your school district absorb the cost of reading first? Is there another reading program that is taking the place of reading first?

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emma We are now in what is called the "sustainability" mode. We are continuuing to have the 3 tiers for reading time and the 2 hours devoted to it. We still have to use the program chosen for our core reading time. However, we are given more leeway when it comes to what we use for intervention-- as long as it's working for the struggling readers. We sti...See More

Nov 20, 2009

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Kinder Gal Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. We are in our second year of Reading First. I have seen some positives that have come out of it. I do get frustrated when we have to test all benchmark kids as that seems to come around when we need to assess for report card/progress reports and all of those assessments are 1:1! I do not mind th...See MoreThank you for taking the time to answer my questions. We are in our second year of Reading First. I have seen some positives that have come out of it. I do get frustrated when we have to test all benchmark kids as that seems to come around when we need to assess for report card/progress reports and all of those assessments are 1:1! I do not mind the walk-throughs, as long as the comments are productive. My students love the interventions as they are more game format. I prefer the hands on approach. I do reteach many skills and retest constantly to see where my students are.

On 11/20/09, emma wrote: > > We are now in what is called the "sustainability" mode. We > are continuuing to have the 3 tiers for reading time and the > 2 hours devoted to it. We still have to use the program > chosen for our core reading time. However, we are given more > leeway when it comes to what we use for intervention-- as > long as it's working for the struggling readers. We still > have the walk-through and more thorough observations by the > principal and reading coach but they are not as critical as > they had been before. We no longer have the state reading > coach breathing down our necks all the time. We don't have > to adhere to so much data anymore. However, we still have to > progress monitor our kids using DIBELs. Actually, I've > become used to it, but the pacing calendar sure does box me > in a lot. There is much good that has come from Reading > First. We don't waste the time that we have done in the > past. We have well-trained interventionists now instead of > just bodies in a room. I can see the positives about it but > I am glad there is not so much pressure to "perform" all the > time. I was sick of that. > > > > > > > On 11/14/09, Kinder Gal wrote: >> For those who have survived Reading First, what are you >> doing now? Are you continuing to teach reading first with >> a reading coach? Did your school district absorb the cost >> of reading first? Is there another reading program that is >> taking the place of reading first?

Nov 24, 2009

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Race to the Top

by emma

Dec 17, 2009

Anybody know about this new grant program and what it entails? Is is just Reading First in disguise?

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Win License-Online Vocabulary Program for Struggling Rdrs

by Nell Kauls

Dec 30, 2009

Attention Teachers!

Win A FREE LICENSE for The First 4,000 Words for your Class and your School!

The First 4,000 Words is an interactive web-based program used to teach the 4,000 most frequently used English words to English Language Learners and struggling readers in grades 1 through 4. This research-based and field-tested progr...See More

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Kindergarten Reading First Classroom

by Jeanne Cookson

Jan 17, 2010

I am a kindergarten teacher in a Reading First classroom. Does anyone out there have suggestions for organizing reading groups and literacy centers that actually work well?

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