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Passport to Reading

Passport to Reading. School Wide Differentiated Reading Instruction Oak Park District 97 Dr. Albert Roberts, Superintendent Longfellow School Angela Dolezal, Principal Presenter: Terese Parr, Reading Specialist. Passport to Reading. What is it? How does it benefit students ?.

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Passport to Reading

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  1. Passport to Reading School Wide Differentiated Reading Instruction Oak Park District 97 Dr. Albert Roberts, Superintendent Longfellow School Angela Dolezal, Principal Presenter: Terese Parr, Reading Specialist

  2. Passport to Reading What is it? How does it benefit students ?

  3. Passport to Reading • Passport to Reading is the name of our school-wide, differentiated reading program. • This program features 30-minute time blocks for each grade level (grades K-5) four days a week. During Passport students travel to various classrooms to learn specific reading skills.

  4. Passport to Reading • These skill groups span the spectrum from intervention to enrichment. Intervention Enrichment

  5. Passport to Reading • All students in grades K-5 are screened with DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, University of Oregon)to assess reading progress at least 3 times per academic year. • There are specific academic targets or benchmarks for rate and accuracy at each grade level. • Kindergarten & first grade students are also assessed on phonological awareness skills.

  6. Passport to Reading • All students in grades K-2 and those students in grades 3-5 who don’t meet the benchmarks are further tested using: • Phonological Awareness Screener for Intervention (PASI) and/or • Phonics Screener for Intervention (PSI).

  7. Passport to Reading • Based on the results of these screenings and teacher input children are placed in skill-development groups to meet their needs. • Some are instructed in phonological awareness, some in phonics, some reading fluency and others in vocabulary and comprehension skills.

  8. How Does Passport Work ? • Each student has 30-minutes of skill- focused instruction. Most grade levels have Passport four times per week. • These Passport groups for each grade level are built into the school schedule much like art, music, gym, etc.

  9. How Does Passport Work? continued • In grades K-5 students travel to other classrooms to receive needed instruction. • For example, all 2nd-grade students go to one of seven classrooms during Passport time (9:10-9:40) four days a week. • The students are divided into 7 different skill groups. • The beginning-level skill groups are typically smaller than the more advanced groups.

  10. How Does Passport Work? continued • These groups are taught by homeroom teachers, reading teachers, the teacher of gifted and talented.

  11. Passport Instruction in Grades K-5 • Each group’s focus is different and is based on the needs of the students in the group. • For example, one group may work on silent E skills; another on consonant blends and another on comprehension skills.

  12. Continuums of Skills • Phonological Awareness Continuum • Phonics Continuum

  13. Progress Monitoring • Schedule: Progress Monitoring is an assessment of specific skills and occurs about every 2-3 weeks. • Flexible Grouping: Groups change about every 3-4 weeks and changes are based on skill development.

  14. How Does Passport Benefit Students? • Specific phonological awareness, phonics, fluency or comprehension needs are being met. • Instruction is focused and in-depth.

  15. How Does Passport Benefit Students? • Groups change regularly to meet students’ needs. • Teachers have accurate and timely data about each student’s reading ability to support instruction.

  16. Data Collection • Each student has a folder with his/her data charted. This shows the student’s ongoing progress. • Each grade level has a master chart listing the skills, teachers’ and group members’ names for each new rotation of classes.

  17. Data Collection • All students are administered the DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) benchmark tests three times a year. • The testing administration is divided between homeroom and reading teachers.

  18. Data Collection continued • DIBELS testing includes: Letter Naming Fluency, Initial Sound Fluency, Phonemic Segmentation, Nonsense Word Fluency (grades K-1), and Oral Reading Fluency (grades 2-5).

  19. Contact Information • Angela Dolezal, Principal (708) 534-3060; adolezal@op97.org • Terese Parr; Reading Specialist tparr@op97.org

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