Category: Programs
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Monitoring My Students’ Progress Towards Their Goals
One of the main things that we work on in my support class is fluency, since all of my students have low CBM scores. Every day, students practice fluency using a modified 6-Minute Solution routine. As a result, we progress monitor every Friday to track their fluency progress. Since my district uses Fastbridge as a… Read more
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Picking a Program That Meets Every Student’s Needs (Part 3 – Fluency and Morphology)
Now that I’ve covered what programs I use for my middle school small groups A and B, it’s time to talk about what they do while they are not working with me. In previous weeks, I have covered the programs that I use that address the different strands of the Reading Rope. Group A students… Read more
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Picking a Program That Meets Every Student’s Needs (Part 2 – Comprehension)
As students learn to read and spell, they need a wide range of skills. This is commonly illustrated using a Reading Rope diagram. I love this comparison because it clearly shows all of the different pieces involved in the reading process. It makes it easier for people to understand the complexities of learning to read.… Read more
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Picking a Program That Meets Every Student’s Needs (Part 1 – Phonics)
Once my schedule was set and I had selected which students I would enroll in my pull-out support class, I needed to select programs that would help them learn the skills that they need. This left me with a conundrum, as each student is different and has different needs. I decided to administer a Phonics… Read more
