1. Reading Recovery Works 2008 / 2011 Customizable PowerPoint Presentation Developed by the Reading Recovery Council of North America for use by Council members This PowerPoint presentation provides a simple framework that can be adapted for use in a school, region, or state. The content can be used as a brief orientation to Reading Recovery for potential or new sites, a brief introduction to accompany an annual status report to administrators or a board of education, and a defense of Reading Recovery when funding cuts are under consideration. You can easily customize the presentation by selecting the slides that seem most useful for your situation, and by adding slides with local names, data, and photos to make them relevant to your audience. (See TECH NOTES on next slide.) GETTING STARTED When you are ready to run the PowerPoint presentation, go to the View menu and select Slide Show. This slide will appear and you will need to click to advance to the opening slide. The presentation will not start until you are ready to begin talking. Click once and the headline “Powerful Proven Results” will appear on the slide. This sample presentation includes Talking Points for each slide (under View, select Notes Page). Most of the slides are formatted as “builds” — each talking point builds on previous points as you move through your script for that slide. When you click to the next talking point, the previous point will change to yellow but still remain on the screen. CLICK points are indicated throughout the sample script. As you customize the presentation, you will need to adjust the script notes and make similar notations. We hope you will find this a valuable tool, and we welcome your comments or suggestions.  Copyright 2008. Updated 2011. Reading Recovery Council of North America. All rights reserved.

2. Reading Recovery Works TECH NOTES — Quick Guide to Customizing the Presentation For those new to PowerPoint, here are a few tips that may help you. There are a number of ways to accomplish each of these steps, and we’ve given you only the basics. Seasoned PowerPoint users will have many shortcuts. To delete a slide Under View, select Slide Sorter Click on the slide you want to delete and press delete. To insert a slide Under View, select Slide Sorter For a blank new slide: Under Insert, select New Slide. For a formatted new slide: Click on a slide you want to duplicate; under Insert, select Duplicate Slide. You can rearrange the order of any slide in the Slide Sorter view by simply dragging it to a new position. To change the copy on any slide and retain formatting From the Slide view, double click on the existing text and type in your new text. To change a photo From the Slide view, click the photo you want to replace and press delete. If you don’t already have it open on your desktop, under View select Formatting Palette. Under the Graphics heading on the palette, select Picture from File and browse your hard drive for the photo you want to insert. You can resize and move the photo by double clicking it in the slide layout. REMINDER Since this presentation contains custom animation, the formatting builds will not be applied to any blank new slides. For help with animation, go to the HELP menu for PowerPoint and type “custom animation” in the search field.

3. Reading Recovery Powerful Proven Results

4. Reading Recovery Success

5. Reading Recovery Results Over 2 million American first graders Tens of thousands of teachers trained in Reading Recovery Data collected on every student 75% of students with a full series of lessons reached grade-level standard

6. Reading Recovery Works What Works Clearinghouse independent review of research High ratings across all 4 domains 1. Alphabetics 2. Fluency 3. Comprehension 4. General Reading Achievement No other intervention measures up For more information go to http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc//

7. Measurable Results in Weeks 30-minute daily lessons for just 12-20 weeks, not years One-to-one teaching Reading Recovery teacher works closely with classroom teacher

8. Writing Vocabulary Beginning of lessonsAfter a series of lessons

9. Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words Beginning of lessons After a series of lessons

10. Reading Level Level 2 - Beginning of lessons Buffy by Lucy Lawrence Level 16 - After a series of lessons Stone Soup retold by Annette Smith

11. Powerful Professional Development Yearlong on-the-job training Non-profit, university- school partnership Reading Recovery’s highly skilled teachers also fill other roles

12. Long-Term Cost Benefits All children make progress School receives a diagnostic history for children who need additional screening or services Majority of children reach grade-level standard in just 12-20 weeks

13. with Reading Recovery Success is Within Reach!