We mostly use repeated reading which is research based. Some groups who are not working on fluency use a packaged program (Soar to Success- the district provided it for every grade level through our latest reading adoption and it is not a good program) because the district says that the law says it must be a research based program delivered with fidelity. My school has no money but we are making great strides with repeated reading and guided reading. The thing is most of the research behind the programs is insignificant and usually conducted by the company. If you go to the WHat works clearinghouse you will see that Voyager, an intervention program highly pushed in our district is not a very effective program unless you are working on alphabetics. Interestingly enough DIBELS and Voyager come from the same company.
Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverlee Paul" <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 11:02:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions So...I'm rapidly forming a picture that I'm hoping is premature and incorrect: Do almost all of you do purchased programs for interventions? I'd love to hear from some of you who provide increased instruction within your existing literacy program, or smaller groups, or individual help...something that increases the engaged time but isn't really a "program"? On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Jen, for your reply.? I'll look into SIPPS.? We've been talking > about Fundations for gr. 1 students who are struggling with fluency and > cracking that code.? Wilson is painful, but for the 2 second grade students > I have in it who are getting great instruction in comprehension and leveled > text in class, it's working.? And they're so proud of themselves! > Martha > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 8:39 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Interventions > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
