Why a Change?  Change in standards: PA Core  Increase rigor  Capitalize on research to expand on the strengths of our Scott Foresman program  Availability of funds from Ready to Learn Grant  Teacher Interest – some familiarity from conference attendance

What is Superkids? A comprehensive reading and language arts program – a core program for K-2. As Superkids builds strong decoding skills, it simultaneously integrates instruction in comprehension, vocabulary and fluency. The program also develops students’ skill in writing, spelling, grammar, usage and mechanics. As a result, Superkids produces students who can read and spell accurately and fluently, readers who can comprehend an author’s ideas, and writers who can express their own ideas.

What is Superkids?  So all aspects of reading integrate with Language Arts.  Using a student book for each unit, children develop vocabulary and learn letter-sounds, handwriting, spelling and grammar as they practice decoding words, sentences and stories.  Video: Superkids Path (3:44) reading-program/how-it-works.phphttp:// reading-program/how-it-works.php

Kindergarten

1 st Grade

2 nd Grade

Let’s Look a Bit Closer  Introducing the Superkids.  nt_video.html nt_video.html  Materials Overview

Changes You Can Expect Instruction  Same characters are used in the stories  Integrated and multi-modal  Finding evidence in the text to answer questions  Handwriting – ice cream flavors  Homework (What comes home, spelling)  Accessing the materials through the Parent Portal: Student Library books provide additional decoding practice. An interactive version of each book is available online with games for home and school use.

Changes You Can Expect Assessment  “Testing Friday” disappears.  Spelling - Memory Words and Pattern Words  Progress Monitoring after every 2 units.

Tools for Parents  Parent Portal  Free iPad app

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