All about Reading
Reading, Reading, Reading
Ms. Grant has added a new part of Reading Mastery to the opening block. The students each have notebooks and for 10 minutes, we practice spelling sounds, tapping the sounds in words and most importantly, the students write the sounds and words. The students have been engaged and this practice is enhancing their spelling and decoding abilities and it's only been one week!
While on the subject of reading, we rested our students on ISIP. We are still waiting to analyze the results but we were able to see that all of our students improved, however, they did not score high enough to move to the next level. A few students were only one point away so they will definitely make it next month. The data is a double-edged sword. When taking a close look at individual student's scores, we can see slow and steady improvement. Unfortunately, when OPI takes a look at the data, they are seeing the scores in black and white and to them it seems like the students are not showing any growth. Once all of the teachers compile the data, we will have a bigger picture of what the second grade's scores look like compared to last month.
The students read library books and love taking tests on the books. These tests are called AR (Advanced Reader) tests and are mostly 5 questions long and points are given based on how many questions the student answers correctly. Currently, the students are working towards a goal of 100% which is scoring proficiently on about 10 - 15 books. We are working to ensure all students make their goal so when a student reaches 50% they receive a pizza certificate and when they reach 100%, they are rewarded with a field trip on one of these:
Ms. Grant has added a new part of Reading Mastery to the opening block. The students each have notebooks and for 10 minutes, we practice spelling sounds, tapping the sounds in words and most importantly, the students write the sounds and words. The students have been engaged and this practice is enhancing their spelling and decoding abilities and it's only been one week!
While on the subject of reading, we rested our students on ISIP. We are still waiting to analyze the results but we were able to see that all of our students improved, however, they did not score high enough to move to the next level. A few students were only one point away so they will definitely make it next month. The data is a double-edged sword. When taking a close look at individual student's scores, we can see slow and steady improvement. Unfortunately, when OPI takes a look at the data, they are seeing the scores in black and white and to them it seems like the students are not showing any growth. Once all of the teachers compile the data, we will have a bigger picture of what the second grade's scores look like compared to last month.
The students read library books and love taking tests on the books. These tests are called AR (Advanced Reader) tests and are mostly 5 questions long and points are given based on how many questions the student answers correctly. Currently, the students are working towards a goal of 100% which is scoring proficiently on about 10 - 15 books. We are working to ensure all students make their goal so when a student reaches 50% they receive a pizza certificate and when they reach 100%, they are rewarded with a field trip on one of these:
Glacier National Park's Famous Red Busses!
If I'm back from China in time, I can chaperone - fingers crossed!
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