The district I work with has just put in system 44. It looks like it has the potential to really help the students who have lexile scores at or below 200.
I am curious to see how the kids will do in the program. AT the moment, 9th grade students are being considered for Read 44. These are students who still require on-going intervention. Some are ELL. I recently saw The Reading Assistant Program in action with 5th and 6th grade students. It's a computer program, sort of an amped up version of Read Naturally. The student reads a story on the computer screen and their voice is recorded for later playback. Each sentence read is highlighted to help provide focus/phrasing. If a word is misread, it will immediately highlight that word and give the student the correct pronunciation. Lots of data can be collected on the student's progress. I didn't see the comprehension part while I was observing, but I am told that it addresses this as well. You might consider looking into this. Visually, it looked more appropriate for 3-5th grade. I am no expert on this program. Just my 2 cents on what I saw. It seemed to have it's place in the world of intervention as a supplement to quality teacher/ student time. Amy McGovern > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:58:59 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Read 180 > > I have heard that Read 180 is a great program. I am using Achieve 3000 -- > which is completely non fiction. Another option you might want to look into. > > Maureen Robins > > > On 4/14/09, david giesler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I teach 4th grade in a rural community. We are looking for a reading > > program for Title 1 to use with students in grades 3-5. Our middle school > > uses the Read 180 program and has seen great results. I know I haven't > > heard the best comments about the Read 180 program, but was wondering if > > anyone has used the System 44 program from Scholastic? I would be > > interested in your comments. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jill > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates1_042009 _______________________________________________ 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.
