2. Improves Student Performance through Reading Proficiency My Reading Coach

3. General Concerns National focus: Improve test scores National trend: Increasingly diverse student population District concerns: Tight budgets Qualified teacher shortage Increasing drop-out rate among new teachers Inconsistent teaching methods based on human differences Many children are left behind their peers

4. Classroom Concerns Pressure to increase test scores Many students are at the lowest stanine levels – increasing 1 grade level in a year is not enough Many students have limited English skills High mobility / human differences effect student success Teachers working harder with fewer resources

5. Why is My Reading Coach Instruction Essential? Results: 10 – 30 percentile point improvement in 50 hours of instruction (GUARANTEED) High cost special needs classes reduced Supplements ALL existing reading programs Provides consistent one-on-one instruction to every student Helps all teachers and all students become successful

6. Word Lists for Lessons Lesson 1 Lesson 25 Lesson 61 am, ma, leap, moan expectation na, ap, pa goal, soap interdependent goat, mean contemplative insubordination conservation

7. My Reading Coach Interactive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level 10.0

8. Results: Elementary School (Standard) Improvement 12 (25 hrs.) to 29 percentile points (50 hrs) Regular Education, SEI (ESL/ BI), LD - Learning Disabled

9. Results: Myers Elementary School Stanine Improvement – 50 hours of My Reading Coach

10. Results: Elementary School (Standard) Improvement 29 percentile points Regular Education, SEI (ESL), LD - Learning Disabled Ocotillo Elementary School 2 nd Grade Students Both classes had at least 75% of the students listed as English Language Learners From 28 th percentile to 57 th percentile on the Stanford 9 standardized reading comprehension test Both 2 nd grades achieved the same 57 percentile rank (One of the teachers was a 1 st year teacher)

11. Results: Middle School Improvement 11 to 19 percentile points At Risk Students

12. Results: High School Improvement 12 percentile points High School Remedial English

13. Hear the Difference Randy after Lesson 12 Randy after 47 lessons Willie after Lesson 12 Willie after 28 lessons

14. 20 years experience developing Award Winning Educational Software Our success is vested in the success of your students My Reading Coach – has evolved from the classroom, it is research based and we guarantee results with your students Mindplay Instructional Software

15. My Reading Coach Background Jim Larrabee: 25 year veteran public school teacher speech pathologist, reading and special education teacher – program developer. Jim’s technique had 100% success rate teaching middle school and elementary students to read on grade level in two semesters Best Practice / Best Theory Development 5 years of Field Testing and great success with Elementary Schools, Middle Schools and High Schools

16. We believe the PROCESS drives the results Diagnostic Placement Research Infused One-on-one “Teacher Emulated” Instruction Staff Development Best Practices Methodology Success Guaranteed! 10 – 30 percentile points Why Are We Unique? Customer Support Research & Development

17. National Reading Panel Elements required for reading success Systematic Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Fluency - Speed, Accuracy, Expression Text Comprehension Suggested Strategy: Create mental pictures of what you read Vocabulary Spelling

18. Cognitive Learning Theory Successful Learning Model No Mis-learning Teacher Student Model Test Feedback

19. My Reading Coach Lessons 61 Phonemic Awareness Lessons 61 Coach Assisted Spelling Lessons 24 Grammar Lessons to Teach Comprehension Reading Comprehension Practice Activities 15 Teacher Interventions using Expert Sheets

20. My Reading Coach Options My Reading Coach: Standard Edition 47 Phonemic Awareness Lessons 12 Teacher Directed Comprehension Lessons My Reading Coach: Gold Edition 61 Phonemic Awareness Lessons 61 Coach Assisted Spelling Lessons 24 Grammar Lessons to Teach Comprehension Reading Comprehension Practice Activities 15 Teacher Interventions using Expert Sheets

21. My Reading Coach Grammar Lessons -Nouns-Proper Nouns -Adjectives-Prepositions -Articles-Interrogative Pronouns -Verbs; Linking Verbs-Conjunctions -Helping Verbs-Abstract Nouns -Punctuation-Double Duty Pronouns -Question/Order-Possessive Pronouns -Subject/Predicate-Contractions

22. Options My Reading Coach: Gold Demonstration My Reading Coach: Standard Demonstration My Reading Coach Gold Overview My Reading Coach Standard Overview

23. My Reading Coach 61 Lessons: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Phonetic Rules

24. My Reading Coach 61 New and Improved Lesson Introductions

25. My Reading Coach Interactive Student Activities: Listen and Find Visual Discrimination: similar appearance different word

26. My Reading Coach Interactive Student Activities: Reading Words Decoding a word: discriminate from similar sounding words

27. My Reading Coach Interactive Student Activities: Word Building Auditory Discrimination: words into individual sounds Coach says a word: “trait” Student types: “traet” Coach instantly responds

28. My Reading Coach Interactive Student Activities: Writing Encoding : 10,000 unique situations for specific remediation

29. My Reading Coach Writing –1 st error: General help

30. My Reading Coach Writing- 2nd error: Specific feedback

31. My Reading Coach 2 Syllable Activity – Decoding Longer words

32. My Reading Coach Vowel – Sound – Stick: Easily decoding multi-syllable words

33. My Reading Coach Interactive Grammar Lesson and Activity Improves reading comprehen- sion Improves writing skills Ensures application and retention Fast learning progression

34. My Reading Coach Interactive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level – 1.0 – 10.5 Story level assigned automati- cally Pause points help students at reading level 1 and 2 understand grammar clues taught by the coach

35. My Reading Coach Interactive Reading Comprehension Activity The coach asks a question

36. My Reading Coach Student Help: First Feedback Three levels of help 1st Response Sight words or words that do not fit the patterns learned can be voiced Click on the red word

37. My Reading Coach Student Help: Second Feedback 2 nd Response The coach helps the student succeed by focusing in on the answer.

38. My Reading Coach Student Help: Third Feedback Third Response The correct answer is displayed.

39. My Reading Coach Interactive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level 5.5

40. Types of Reports Student Entire Class School

41. Student Reports Student Performance Report – Phonics Student Performance Report – Phonics Student Performance Report – Grammar Student Performance Report – Grammar Student Performance Report – Comprehension Student Performance Report – Comprehension Student Error Report Student Attendance Report

43. Class Reports Class Daily Lesson Plan Class Remediation Report Class Improvement Report Class Grammar Report Class Reading Comprehension Report Class Reading Comprehension Report Class Progress Checklist

44. School Report School Progress Report