Description
of Programs
Invitations to Literacy
- The skills
and strategies taught in Houghton Mifflin’s Invitations
to Literacy series afford students opportunities for both
discovery and systematic instruction that will enable them
to construct, critically examine, and apply meaning as they
develop into readers and writers.
- Used
mostly for the skills and strategies. Teachers use the skills
to incorporate into their guided reading groups.
Scholastic Guided Reading
The Scholastic
Guided Reading Program is a teacher-directed program designed
to help students develop independent reading strategies so
they may become confident and successful readers. Through
leveled trade books and related teaching materials, the Guided
Reading Program moves children toward the goal of being able
to read a variety of texts with ease and deep understanding.
Instructional Content
- Phonemic
Awareness - Writing
- Phonics
- Motivation and Engagement
- Fluency
- Intervention Strategies
- Vocabulary
- Assessments
- Comprehension
Benchmark
Education Guided Reading
- Early
Connections grades K – 2
- Navigators
grades 3 – 5
Both
programs include a comprehensive set of student and teacher
resources designed to extend the philosophy and practice
of balanced literacy instruction into the intermediate
grades. The program provides a strong literacy framework
that combines whole-group and small group instructional
approaches for reading, writing, comprehension, and word
analysis. Strategies are introduced and taught by an
explicit, direct method that incorporates modeling, demonstrating,
and coaching in group settings, as well as independent
practice opportunities.
- Students
read developmentally appropriate nonfiction and fiction
texts.
- Practice
comprehension and word solving strategies
- Analyze
the characteristics of different genres and text structures.
- Appreciate
literary forms, devices, and techniques
- Use
a wide range of text and graphic features
- Use
process writing steps to brainstorm topics, write,
edit and revise, and publish
- Express
ideas through oral discussions and conversations.
Sitton Spelling
- Focuses
on spelling words correctly while writing, not just spelling
well on a test.
- Builds
spelling and language skills
Reading
A to Z
www.readingatoz.com
- Provides
teachers and students with over 1800 titles of printable
leveled reading books.
- This
exciting resource helps put books in every child’s
hands for them to take home and keep as part of a growing
personal library.
Study Island
www.studyisland.com
Study
Island is a New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
web-based test preparation program. Currently the program
is designed for use in grades 3 and 4 to prepare students
for success on the NJ ASK 3 and 4 assessments in literacy
and math. Students may also access Study Island from home
on an Internet configured computer. Detailed reports provide
parents, teachers, and student information about the student’s
performance.
Lindamood
The Lindamood
Phoneme Sequencing Program successfully stimulates phonemic
awareness. Individuals become aware of the mouth actions
that produce speech sounds. This awareness becomes the means
of verifying sounds with words and enables individuals to
become self-correcting in reading, spelling, and speech.
Accelerated Reading
Students
challenge themselves by selecting various leveled novels.
After completing the reading the student takes a computerized
assessment. A print out for the teacher is supplied to show
strengths and weaknesses.
Non-Fiction and Novel Guides
These
are teacher created guides strongly influenced by Penn Literacy
strategies. Classrooms and library are equipped with these
teacher created guides to be used in classrooms for small
group reading, or to be infused into a theme based study.
Many novel non-fiction sets are available at each school.
Everyday Mathematics
A comprehensive
research-based program that provides consistent higher quality
and a sequence of instruction that carefully builds upon
and extends the knowledge and skills of the previous year.
- Algebra
and use of variables
- Data and chance
- Geometry and spatial sense
- Measurement and measures
- Numerators and order
- Patterns, functions, and sequences
- Operations
- Reference Frames
Accelerated Math
A diagnostic
tool used to see how well a student is progressing towards
mastering the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for mathematics.
Interventions
Reading
Recovery: Grade 1
Basic Skills Instruction: Grades 1 – 5
Testing
DIBELS
(Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills): Grades
K - 2
NJASK3: State Assessment Literacy and Math
NJASK4: State Assessment Literacy and Math
NJASK5: State Assessment Literacy and Math
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