Supported by: Federally Funded Title I / Reading Recovery Programs This presentation created by Rhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson

Our Goal at Ruth Mercer Elementary School is for every child to be reading proficient or advanced by the end of second grade.

Kindergarten Reading Grade Level Expectations Winter DRA2 Score of Level 1 or above Spring DRA2 Score of 3 or above

Ruth Mercer Elementary Title I Educators Rhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson Kindergarten 23 Students were served in Title I By the end of Kindergarten 87% of the students were reading Proficient or Advanced as scored by the DRA2 Reading Assessment.

1 st Grade Reading Grade Level Expectations Fall DRA2 Score of Level 3 or above Spring DRA2 Score of 16 or above

Ruth Mercer Elementary Title I Educators Rhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson 1 st Grade 36 Students were served in Title I 22 Students were served in Reading Recovery By the end of First Grade 49% of the students were reading Proficient or Advanced as scored by the DRA2 Reading Assessment.

2ndGrade Reading Grade Level Expectations Fall DRA2 Score of Level 16 or above Spring DRA2 Score of 24 or above

Ruth Mercer Elementary Title I Educators Rhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson 2nd Grade 22 Students were served in Title I By the end of Second Grade 60% of the students were reading Proficient or Advanced as scored by the DRA2 Reading Assessment.

Providing Professional Books to Keep Teachers on the Cutting Edge of Research

Missouri Reading Initiative Providing Teacher Support Teaching Reading and Writing Mrs. Becky Garst MRI Coach

Missouri Reading Initiative Providing Teacher Support Teaching Reading and Writing

Collection and Analysis of Data and Resources

Reading and Writing Instruction and Independent Practice

Reading and Writing Student Tracking Analysis

Provides Cross-Curricular Support Allows the teaching of Science and Social Studies at a “just right” level of reading, understanding, and comprehension for individualized instruction.

Reading Recovery Instruction Individualized Reading Instruction 1 st Grade First Grade One-on-One Instruction for 30 Minutes Five Days a Week Teaches Five Essential Components of Reading Phonemic awareness Phonics Vocabulary development Comprehension Fluency

Maintain and Update Guided Reading Resource Room

Provide Student Resources

Developed Internet Resource rmereading.wikispaces.com Please check it out!

Developed Strategy Brochure It’s Not Just Sounding It Out Anymore

Assisted in Organization of Dr. Seuss Reading Week

Organized Book Fair for R.M.E.

Your overwhelming support of the Book Fair allowed Ruth Mercer Elementary School to: Give every student at R.M.E. a book at no cost to the student. Purchase over 400 books for student use in the classroom.

Title I Family Literacy Night

Thank you for sharing your children with us and taking time to be a part of our CELEBRATION!