Lisa J. Mails Elementary PRO Series (Parents ‘R Onboard) Topic #1: Universal Screening, Intervention, and Goal Setting

Parents ‘R Onboard O Purpose O Our Hope for these Meetings O Future Meeting Topics

Why Universal Screening? O Need to assess how all students are performing in regards to key standards. O Only meaningful if it’s “universal” – across the grade level. O Assists teachers in targeting the needs of all learners.

Primary (K-2) Screening Skills Kindergarten: (ESGI) Phonemic Awareness (letters, sounds, rhyming, beginning/ending sounds, oral blending) First: Phonemic Awareness/Phonics Sight Words Fluency Second: Fluency Comprehension

Defining Foundational Reading Skills O Phonemic Awareness: The ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words. O Phonics: Understanding the relationships between the letters of written language and the individual sounds. O Fluency: The ability to read a text accurately and quickly. O Comprehension: Understanding what you read. Good readers are purposeful and active in their reading.

3 rd – 5 th Screening

O Scholastic Reading Inventory O Scholastic Phonics Inventory O Scholastic Math Inventory

Understanding the SRI O Computer-based and Adaptive O Focus on Inference O Lexiles ( O Recommended Reading Lists O SPI – Purpose and Usage

3 rd – 5 th Screening

Understanding the SMI O Computer-based and Adaptive O Quantile scores ( O Importance of Fact Fluency O Importance of Building Conceptual Understanding

Response to Intervention O Purpose O Understanding the Pyramid O What is an Intervention? O Models of Intervention

The Importance of Goal Setting “Student goal setting for learning allows students to set learning targets and then develop strategies to reach those goals. The self-assessment process allows students to monitor and evaluate their performance during a lesson or unit of instruction. Research has shown that using goal setting and self- assessment not only increases student performance but also increases student’s responsibility for their own learning and critical thinking skills.” ~ Taken from Tools for Great Teachers website

Goal Setting Grades O Students take SRI/SMI 4 times a year. O Goal setting follows each test session. O Standard growth expected O Action steps

Ways to Support Your Child O Understand how your child is doing. O Support the goal setting process. O If your child is getting intervention, know what skill is being targeted and support the skill at home as well. O If your child is on target or above target, know what support will take him/her to the next level.

Supporting Phonemic Awareness O Make it a game! Put it in a real-life context! O Rhyming O Beginning and Ending sounds O Identify letters and sounds O Blend/Segment O Substitute and delete sounds

Supporting Phonics O Read to and with your child O Touch and point O Finding words/sounds O Open Court Readers – focus on skill, apply skill O Nursery Rhymes/Dr. Seuss Books O Word families

Supporting Fluency O Read to and with your child O Sight word practice O Appropriate reading levels – repeated reading O Listening to tapes O Read Naturally O Build confidence O Model reading with pauses and expression

Supporting Comprehension O Read to and with your child. O Talk about what is being read. Model your thinking aloud. O Activate prior knowledge. O Ask questions about what is being read. O “Make a movie” strategy O Make predictions and connections, draw a picture, make comparisons!

Supporting Reading for Strong Readers O Fiction and Non-fiction O Inference and Application O Evidence-based Conclusions O Opportunities to share reading experiences O Vocabulary development O Text structure O Writing about reading

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