Meeting Student Needs In Literacy
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Meeting Student Needs In Literacy
Parent Forum
Wednesday 27th August 2008
Agenda
• Tracking Student Progress
• Case Studies - Yr 1 & Yr 4
• Parent Strategies to Support
• Q & A
System Priority
• Meeting the need of every student• Using data to make make decisions
about– What,– When,– Where,– Why,– How, to teach
Tracking Data
• K & Yr 1 - system based early years
assessment
• Yr 2-6 what to do?
• Yr 2 - Waddington Reading & Spelling
• Yrs 3-6 TORCH assessment
Overview of Case Studies
• Purpose - better meet the needs of individual
students
• Prioritised areas - Reading & Writing
• 3 days per week Tues, Wed, Thurs
• Involving the Learning Support Team -
including ESL, Literacy Support, Student
Welfare, Teacher Assistants, PART parents,
Special Needs
Waves of Intervention
Wave 3 - in need of verypersonalised interventions
Wave 2 - some additional supports required
Wave 1 - Inclusive first quality teaching for all
20% approx
20% approx
60% approx
Source: http://www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/ecpe/readingrecovery/pages/index_handouts_A.pdf
Year 1 in Focus
• Class teachers wanting to better meet the diverse need in their classes.
• Wide range of reading readiness• Formative years - vital to get it right at this
point. • Proposal to streamline class support and
target students at greatest risk of literacy failure
• 3 days per week Tues,Wed,Thurs
Year 1 in Focus
• Students grouped according to need.• Using data from assessments incl. Early Years
Assessment, running records, observations etc.• 4 groups formed• Bottom 20% supported by Learning Support
Team.• Rest of the students supported in class at their
most appropriate level.• Each group targeted to their level• Focus on developing reading and writing
Year 4
• Bottom 20% of students targeted - including ESL, Special Needs and other students at risk in Literacy.
• Groups formulated on assessment and classroom observation
• Balance of class remains with their teacher - not divided according to ability.
• More effective use of support.• 3 days per week - Tues, Wed, Thurs
Year 4
• Focus on reading, writing and working with text
• Reading - leveled text, focus on fluency, sight words, comprehension
• Writing - reviewing, explanation, spelling, • Working with Text - responding to text
through drawing, discussion, word study, interpretation
Parent Strategies
• Parents are the first and most important teachers
• Reading is like riding a bike. You watch little ones beginning to ride a bike; they’re wobbling all over the place. But as we practice and practice, we don’t ever think about pedaling anymore. Eventually we can ride with no hands.
G. Reid Lyons
Parent Strategies - Preschool & Kindergarten
• Read together every day• Give everything a name • Read with fun in your voice• Know when to stop• Read it again and again and again• Point out print everywhere• Trace and say letters• Say tongue twisters, play sound games• Watch my lips• Get your child assessed if you suspect a problem - GP, hearing,
vision, occupational therapist, speech therapist, paediatrician
Parent StrategiesYrs 1- 3
• Take a book wherever you go• Once is not enough - reread favourite stories• Discuss the story• Regulate television• I read, you read• Tell family stories• Play word games in the car• Talk about every day activities and events
Parent Strategies
• Be patient
• Set up your child for success
• Give your child a clue - pause, prompt, praise
• Engage your child in every day activities - shopping
• Set an example - read in front of your child - talk positively about books
Strategies For Parents
• http://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/parenttips_1.html
• http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/default.mspx
• http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/parents/teacher/reading.html
• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Parents/ReadingTips.asp