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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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