Learning Journeys

Research & Evidence of Success

Meet The Authors

Expository Text Ahead

Prioritizing Skill Instruction

ComprehensionPhonemicAwareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary

K

1

2

3

4–6

Blending/Segmenting

Word Reading WCPM Word Knowledge

RetellingSuccess Predictors

Priority SkillsKey skills at each grade

level that research-based studies have identified as being critical for reading

success.

INSTRUCTIONAL

EMPHASIS

Phonemic Awareness

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Text Comprehension

PRIORITY SKILLS

CORE INSTRUCTION

Success Predictors

These are skills that research-based studies have identified as predictors for success for each

priority skill.

Success Predictors• Phonemic awareness

• Phonics• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension

• Blending/Segmenting

• Word Reading• WCPM (Words Correct Per Minute)

• Word Knowledge• Retelling

Reading Street Guide to AssessmentA four-step assessment plan provides

a clear pathway that ensures students

reach the final destination . . . reading!

Assessment

Assessment.

What is at the heart of effective

instruction?

AYPAdequate Yearly

Progress

Differentiated InstructionIntensive additional instruction and practice according to the instructional levels of the

students. This is done by grouping and regrouping students depending on developing abilities.

Lower grades-Priority Skills• Phonemic awareness• Phonics• Fluency• Vocabulary• Comprehension

Off we go!

Literature

“Make no mistake about it: by teaching a child to read, we change the world.”

-Dr. Donald Leu

Skills Overview

Monitor Progress

Grouping for AYP

Theme Launch

Concept Development

Upper Grades: Cross-Curricular Centers

Lower Grades

Day at a

Glance

• ORAL LANGUAGE– Build Concept– Shared Literature– Phonemic Awareness

• WORD WORK– Phonemic Awareness– Phonics & Spelling– High Frequency words

• READING– Vocabulary– Comprehension– Fluency– Cross-Curricula Connections– Independent Reading

• LANGUAGE ARTS– Writing – Grammar

Lower Grades

• ORAL LANGUAGE– Build Concept– Speaking– Listening

• WORD WORK– Word Study & Spelling

• READING– Vocabulary– Comprehension– Fluency– Cross-Curricula Connections– Independent Reading

• LANGUAGE ARTS– Writing – Grammar

Upper Grades

•Before•During•After

“Learning to read in today’s society

is a high-stakes endeavor. It may sound

melodramatic, but we are talking about

consequences for children that are

going to matter over a lifetime.”

—Dr. Jeanne Paratore

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.   ~Clay P. Bedford

Lasallian English District Program