I have been using the LLI System since September '09. I work in a large urban school district in New York. I see five groups a day and have started my second round of children. I started working with 2nd grade kids working (instr.) at Levels E, F, and G. I saw improvement in every child and the majority of the children were on grade Level (inst. at L) when I stopped at the end of January. The students' self-confidence and enjoyment of reading also showed improvement. The children were able to have conversations about/beyond the text because they had some concrete decoding skills. The books are wonderful and the children love reading them. I do, however, struggle to get the lesson in within the prescribed 30 minute time frame (especially on "writing" days) I was fortunate enough to receive training through Fountas & Pinnell at a workshop in Toronto. I was also able to bring in the reading strategies to further develop comprehension and I am very happy with the results. I even had one second grade child tell me that he told his mother that he did not want any more toys that he wanted only books - amazing for a child that was barely reading!!
Cynthia Shear Instructional Resource Teacher School #34 (585) 458-3210 ext. 2091 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of Jeanne Crider Sent: Sun 2/21/2010 10:34 AM To: [email protected]; Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention I am a Reading Recovery teacher and I just don't get how people say it is expensive. I see 4 students 1 on 1. That's only 2 hrs. of my day. I also see lots of other kids throughout the day in Early Literacy small groups. The children in Reading Recovery get what they need so much more than I can give to a small group of 3-5 (or 6 or 7...). If the kids I see in Reading Recovery were in a small group instead of 1 on 1, they would not make near the progress they do. These are children who are very well below their peers. In my small groups, no matter how hard I try, I don't feel like I am able to meet the individual needs of my students. I feel I have to teach to the middle, individualizing when I'm able. It's not always as easy to do that though in 30 min. I don't really feel like I'm giving those students what they need. When I spend more time with one child to individualize, I feel like I'm neglecting the others in the small group. It's ashame in my opinion, that we can't spend more time working one on one, individualizing for all students, especially those who are struggling. That would be expensive but well worth the expense! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 6:16 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention Yes, it's expensive, but so is retention and special education, and money to fund those is saved by Reading Recovery many, many times. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -----Original Message----- From: Susanne Lee <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:28:15 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention Hello! I too am a trained reading recovery teacher but I have gone back into the classroom. Our school started using LLI this year to help students get on grade level. We started with students who were 1-2 levels below grade level and now we are working on other levels. I would like to be trained or have the availability to use these resources in my classrooms. It seems to be helping. Our school is still doing RR but who knows how long it will stay. It is very expensive and with all of the budget cuts lately, I am surprised it has survived so far................ --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Levy, Lenore <[email protected]> wrote: From: Levy, Lenore <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 5:04 PM Jeana, I hear you about RR. I was trained also. My district did it for one year and then decided they couldn't justify the cost of one on one instruction. We took the intent and the strategies of RR and morphed it into instructional strategies for groups of 2 and 3. We had a grant that helped us do that. We were still able to use all of our RR materials. Just not one on one. It is a loss. I understand your feelings about programs but sometimes we really need them to insure all students receive the same quality instruction and that all teachers are meeting state as well as district literacy curriculum goals. Often it is on the teacher's back to do and implement and it becomes a burdersome, impossible task. Too much time is spent preparing and gathering with a loss of instructional time. At any rate, you are very thoughtful and considerate and I am sure will make good decisions for your district. Good luck. Lenore Lenore Levy, Educational Consultant, Instructional Services Pearson Curriculum Group Cell: 856-278-5798 Home Office: 856-354-1251 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeana Wise Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] leveled literacy intervention Wow, thank you so much. I am new to this group; however, I have reviewed many of the resources, powerpoints, and lesson ideas the past two years and am grateful for having ran across the resources and group. Thanks so much for your responses. My district is currently in the process of going schoolwide title. Therefore, we are in the process of implementing a "program" or model to help with this comprehensive school reform. Leaving first grade after 6 years and training this year for Reading Recovery to find out we will no longer use this program of intervention for our struggling readers, I am very bummed. I feel that if we persue the balanced literacy we once had in place along with our scope and sequence we may be able to make school improvement. In addition to all this we are looking into making one of our title teachers into a literacy coach. This is something I have wanted for a long time in order to provide professional development opportunities to other teachers who ! are missing out on all the great research and strategies that are out there! It is also scary for the fact that I have no idea how long this position will be available due to budget cuts and high expectations for change. With that being said, my district is much like any other district looking into all the "things" that are out there to improve instruction and data. Out of all the assessment tools and instructional tools I have reviewed, I have been interested in the LLI even though I do not promote programs! I feel that it is important to help children think and learn; however, I often wonder why we are teaching them to do well with a program and look at the transferability among other aspects of life--it's not there! The LLI does seem like a better way to address reading with actual BOOKS. I personally am not fond of AIMSWEB or DIBELS. It seems as if those children who read well, fail and those who don't read well...are not being measured in "instructional ways" even though there are parts that I feel can be expanded in the classroom as literacy instruction (cloze reading is a good strategy for reading /predicting a reasonable word that is tricky without losing meaning). Being a Reading Recovery teacher, I feel that the OS is a better indicator of strengths and weaknesses. Thanks so much for your thoughts! Jeana <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ala n.pipes/pix/owl_t.jpg&imgrefurl=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.pipes/ vector.html&h=150&w=150&sz=11&hl=en&sig2=ThfRUpfK9fHyhMx4U3qM7Q&start=19 &tbnid=vG7bH0vq0lf9zM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=96&ei=ta4uReiZOqHIaMypzcoM&prev=/ima ges%3Fq%3Dowl%2Bmascot%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D> Jeana Wise First Grade Benton Elementary [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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. 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