Martha I do mainly the in class support and I supervise and train the staff working in the intervention programs. I do an occasional pull out group to learn the programs I must supervise. I am Wilson trained, but only two special educators are using it with a few tough cases. I cannot take teaching it. I like SIPPS the best of all of them... (SIPPS stands for Systematic Instruction in Phonics Phonemic Awareness and Sight words.) They do not pretend to teach comprehension and I don't agree with all of the philosophy behind it. I think that some of the research they quote in the rationale was misinterpreted. With some tweaking though, it has some good aspects when combined with balanced literacy instruction in the classroom. The aides can do SIPPS with some supervision. We are seeing some results in first grade...less in second and third but that makes sense since research tells us that phonics instruction is really only effective in grade K and 1. Fundations, (Wilson for primary) is working well in Kindergarten (I am coteaching this one) for 20 minutes a day...but again, the teachers in K are very strong in teaching comprehension at other times during the day. It seems to have escaped the deadly slow pace of Wilson for intermediate aged kids. The jury is out on Fluency Formula but Soar to Success seems to be keeping our kids with comprehension problems reading and interested. With a very few tweaks, it requires kids to actually think! Jennifer The effectiveness of the intervention is depending upon In a message dated 1/13/2009 10:03:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
That said... Would you share with us which of your interventions programs you find work best at which grade levels?? How did you determine which program to use with particular students?? Would you also clarify....do the IA's do Wilson, etc. and you do the in class support or do you do both?? -Martha **************Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital. (http://news.aol.com/main/politics/inauguration?ncid=emlcntusnews00000003) _______________________________________________ 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.
