Transcript Best Practices Training LAMP--Part 2

Schedule Time for Reading
Practice
Implementing an AR system
Key Component
Flexible, accessible library
• Plan check-out procedures for books
from your classroom and school
• Establish a routine so that students
regularly visit the school library
What research shows:
 60 min. = elementary
 30 min = middle
 20 min. = high school
•Read a book to a student, read the quiz to
him
•Read with a student, read the quiz with
her
•Recorded Voice Quizzes are available
(sample quiz on Renlearn website)
Find the Zone of Proximal
Development (ZPD)
Reading grade level range in which
a student will be challenged without
being frustrated.
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When a student reads within this
range, he or she is growing as a
reader.
Determine a student’s
initial ZPD
 Adjust ZPD based on
student performance
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• Use grade-equivalent score from
STAR Reading or other standardized
test
• Or use your professional judgment to
estimate
• STAR Reading and suggested ZPDs are
guidelines only
• Monitor quiz results and broaden ZPDs as
needed
• Average score of 85% and above indicates
student is working in a good ZPD
Check the TOPS Report Immediately
• Prints after each quiz
• Gives students immediate feedback on
how they did on the quiz
• Includes data on quiz just taken and
cumulative data
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Get TOPS Report after each quiz
Check score and record on log
Show teacher the report promptly
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Check overall progress so far:
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Average of 85% or higher shows student is
reading with appropriate ZPD
If average below 85%, discuss strategies for
improvement
Give positive comment or suggestion
Sign report
Use the Student Reading Log
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Students keep track of daily reading
Record ZPD, book information, pages
read daily, and quiz scores
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Library pass: ZPD is accessible when
selecting books
Quiz ticket: Check that student has
finished a book before quizzing
Take Status of the Class Daily
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An activity that you do
Meet briefly with students one-on-one
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30 to 60 second each
Puts the “guided” in guided independent
reading practice
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Briefly review and initial reading log
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Is book within ZPD?
If not, why not?
Has student read reasonable number of pages?
Show your interest in student’s progress
Check for application of skill or strategy
Establish A Routine
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May not get to every student every day
First: Students ready to take a quiz
Second: Students starting new books
Third: Students continuing a book
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Instructional: Best way to detect
problems, figure out solutions, and
reinforce comprehension
Motivational: “Eye-to-eye” and “kneeto-knee”
Review the Diagnostic Report Weekly
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Provides a snapshot of every student and
the class as a whole
Identifies students having trouble
Review weekly
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Letter codes indicate “at risk”
No quizzes taken during period (A)
Low average percent correct (B, C)
Low average percent correct, but high
point (E, F)
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Quality: Average percent correct on
Reading Practice Quizzes
The goal is for students to average at
least 85% correct- 90% is better