I was struck by your reference to your 'coroporation', as opposed to your 'district'. What makes it a corporation?
Lori ----- Original message ----- From: Carol Mauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 2007, 12 Of October 08:24 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Three questions > Good Morning, > > Our corporation is currently using a tier-3 remediation program called SRA. > It targets 1st - 3rd grade students. The intermediate version is Corrective > Reading. You can get more information about the programs on the" Florida > Research for Reading" site. We are currently in our second year of SRA. It > has proven to been highly successful. We are just beginning to implement > Corrective Reading. The research supports both programs. Neither program is > intended to replace the grade level reading instruction. It is in addition to > this instruction. We also implemented a Book Buddy program for 2nd grade > students who are reading below grade level. An identified student is paired > with a community member or team of people. One person from this team meets > with the student for 30 minutes, four days every week. We are seeing > tremendous results from this program as well. > > Repeated reading is a strategy supported heavily by research. This will > target fluency and automaticity immediately, as well as sight word > recognition. We have used poetry; however, Reader's Theater seems to appeal > to children even more. Both texts are sent home as part of their homework. I > would suggest getting a baseline for their fluency. It can then be assessed > as you do reading conferences with them to ensure that the intervention is > successful. Be mindful that just building fluency does not address > comprehension. Therefore, it should be a very small portion of your reading > instruction. > > Have a great weekend! > > Carol > > Carol A. Mauer > BCSC Literacy Coach > Lincoln School, Home Base > (812) 376-4447 > > "The wisest mind is one that is open to new ideas." > > > >>> "Carolyn Heaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/11/2007 2:35 PM >>> > > > > Hello All, > > First, I would like to thank all of you! I have learned so much by reading > your postings over the last few months. I have not participated much, as I > feel like I have so much to learn first. However, I have some questions and > I figured this was the perfect place to go! > > My first question: Is anyone familiar with the Tucker signing program to > teach decoding? What do you think? > > My second question: I have a bunch of second graders who really struggle > with decoding and automaticity. Does anyone have any suggestions of good > programs/resources to look into for them (something I could do out of my own > pocket)? > > Last question:There is a program for higher level kids who struggle with > decoding that one listserv member uses.I cannot remember the name of the > program. It teaches how to determine which syllable to place emphasis on. > What is that called? How young can children begin with that? > > Thank you for taking the time to read and share! What a wonderful learning > community this is!! :) > > Carolyn > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
