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PAWS Time. Literacy Intervention & Enrichment Block. Purpose of PAWS Time…. Provide intervention and enrichment for students in literacy Avoid students missing other subjects to receive intervention/enrichment
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PAWSTime Literacy Intervention & Enrichment Block
Purpose of PAWS Time… • Provide intervention and enrichment for students in literacy • Avoid students missing other subjects to receive intervention/enrichment • Help all students reach their MAP goal in reading by providing additional individualized literacy instruction
Who will be involved in PAWS Time? • All Hands on Deck • Classroom Teachers • Special Ed Teachers • Specialists • Instructional Aides • Title I Teacher • Interventionists • IRT Go Pumas!
When will PAWS Time happen? • Monday through Thursday 8:45-9:15 • Beginning Early November • PALS for all students during the first 4 weeks • New rotation every 6-8 weeks thereafter
How will we determine what our Pumas need during PAWS Time? • MAP Reading Data • Running Record Data • Formative Assessments • Classroom Data • Curriculum Based Measurements (CBMs)
What will PAWS Time look like? • Intervention • Fluency • Guided Reading • LLI • Direct Instruction • Enrichment • Book Clubs • PBL • Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)
What is PALS? • Supplemental Reading Program • A scientifically based and feasible practice promoting higher achievement • Based on 15 years of research through Vanderbilt University • Students are paired and take turns being the tutor and tutee for structured activities
How does PALS work? • Teachers train students to correctly use the structured activities • Scripted materials guide teachers through training of students • Structured activities focus on key skills in reading and promote student engagement
K-PALS • Letter Sound Correspondence • Phonemic Awareness • Early Decoding • Word Identification • Sentence Reading
1st Grade PALS • Letter Sound Correspondence • Phonemic Awareness • Early Decoding • Word Identification • Sentence and Story Reading • Fluency Building Activities
2nd – 5th Grade PALS • Fluency Development • Comprehension Focus • Partner Reading with Retells • Paragraph Shrinking • Prediction Relay
PAWS Time – The First 4 Weeks • All students will be trained in PALS • Student partners will be matched using MAP reading data • Teachers, Specialists and Instructional Aides will be paired to implement PALS
PAWS Time – Into the Future • After 4 weeks of PALS training, we will begin intervention/enrichment along with PALS • Instructional Aides and Specialists will supervise PALS while classroom, special ed and Title I teachers work with students in intervention/enrichment • New rotation every 7 weeks