I sincerely and earnestly hope you continue to share with this group as you proceed in this venture. It's fundamental questions you'll be answering that are embedded in comprehensive instruction as a model, which seems to me to be integral to what we think about when we work with comprehension strategies.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Ron Borchert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been interested in the discussion on early reading interventions > because I am chairing a district committee that is reviewing our early > reading intervention programs. Currently our early reading intervention > centers around Reading Recovery consistently throughout the district. Our > elementary schools have other various intervention programs. The committee > is just beginning. Early this week we had our first meeting where different > members of the group presented brief overviews of 8 programs or frameworks. > Here is what we looked at: > 1. Our district uses MacMillan/McGraw's Treasures reading series as the > core reading instruction. There are two intervention pieces that compliment > Treasures - Treasures Chest and Triumphs (www.macmillanmh.com) > 2. Literacy 1 - This is a commercial form of Reading First ( > www.literacyfirst.com) > 3. Reading Recovery > 4. Beverly Tyner (www.smallgroupreading.com) > 5. Leveled Literacy Intervention - The new intervention program from > Fountas and Pinnell (www.fountasandpinnellleveledliteracyintervention.com) > 6. Comprehensive Literacy Model from the University of Arkansas and > Linda Dorn (www.arliteracymodel.com) > 7. Susan Barton > 8. CLIP - a knock-off of Reading Recovery > > Even though we are early in the process, I think Linda Dorn's model or > framework is the most comprehensive plan for intervention and RTI. I > purchased the presentation she made at the Reading Recovery national > conference (through the RR website) and thought it was excellent. If you go > to the website (listed in #6) the handouts are posted under the presentation > tab. Linda Dorn's model is a framework. For our district to adopt the > model, I feel it would require systemic change at all levels. > Fountas and Pinnell's new intervention program would fit nicely into > Linda Dorn's model. It is the materials for purchase that Linda Dorn > doesn't have. > As I learn more about intervention and RTI, especially after hearing the > Dorn presentation, I think that many teachers, at least in our district, do > not understand the concept of intervention, especially that it should happen > before referral for special ed. For our district, it just isn't about > picking an intervention program, or writing an early reading intervention > plan. It is going to be important that we educate and train our teachers > and support them in this change for how we service our struggling readers. > > Thank you, > Barb Parry > _______________________________________________ > 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.
