Readability may be defined as ‘reading ease’ or how content can be successfully understood. Teachers know that comprehension is dependent on many variables, one of which is the readability level of information whether online or in print. It matters little if you have the best list of websites for research but the students have difficulties…
Category: Intervention Strategies
Interventions to support moving students forward. List continues to be updated.
Why No Progress! Intervention layers…
A small group recently got together to tackle Progress Tracker – the reporting engine that provides an incredible amount of data to sift through. Here are some of the highlights of what was gleaned at our Interventions learning session (January 18, 2011): Prior to an intervention process, assess the situation: direct observation of student (what…
It’s All About Reading – Learning Session
Our learning session on the new Reading Series is on Tuesday January 11 (3:30-5:30) at Schou – TLC. Our connecting questions: How does the new Reading exercises help to bridge students to gaining reading skills? What practices provided in the exercises can be shared in larger groups with classroom teachers? What students can best benefit…
January 2011 – Learning on the Calendar
Welcome to 2011. It’s the start of a new year and just the time to check what’s happening in the calendar. Since we moved our Learning Session Registrations online, we’ve had many people say how easy it is to check for events and to register. However, because it is so dynamic, sometimes in our busyness…
Coming Up
Kurzweil 3000 – Part 2: (This is really where the power of this tool takes off – ability to colour-code notes and annotate – making thinking come alive…) Monday Nov 29 (3:30-5:30) at Schou. We have a guest speaker who will take us through ‘going deeper with comprehension’. Destination Success – Using Assessment Features to…
Power in Interventions
Wow! We just finished our Interventions Day with Tom Chapin and what an amazing day. For some it was an introduction to Progress Tracker and the implications of what the data was showing us. For others it was a new twist on what we knew. Everyone took away a new found appreciation for both using…
Be An Interventions EXPERT!
Back by popular demand on Monday, November 8th, (8:30-3:00), Tom Chapin has returned from Arkansas to work with our Fast ForWord participant sites. Gain an indepth understanding of what interventions to use and when it is most effective to support our students. As a bonus, we will even explore other literacy strategies that enhance skill transfer…
September – Welcome Back
Welcome back to another year of exciting things to discover. While I love the summer as a time for rejuvenation and wanderings of a different pace, September always brings a crispness in the air and a sense of quiet anticipation. We’re launching some things that are a little different this year, which will make life…
Kurzweil Journey Update
Hi All, Many of you are trying out the many complexities of the program and doing a great job! Some of you are finding ARC challenging to negotiate – remember that the Main library houses the actual kes files specifically created for you by colleagues across the province. As well this area has many other…
Intervention – Clunks
A number of extra interventions were provided in your packages at the Participants meeting. Instructions for the Clunk Visual is now posted under INTERVENTIONS tab.
Bridging Reading with Kurzweil
So why Kurzweil? While students are exercising their brain with Fast ForWord, the need for practice with reading comprehension continues. This part of literacy is challenging as you need to have the student work within their ‘just right text’ zone. Otherwise, the student ends up expending critical brain energy on decoding and never getting to the…
Kurzweil 3000 – Learning Sessions
Hi Everyone, For those sites who have recently bought or are putting in the paperwork for Kurzweil, the Learning Sessions (2) have been set for Tues. March 23 and Tues. April 20 (3:30-5:30 – Schou TLC). Please note that the sessions are coordinated with: Session 1 – (prior to installation) introduction to the program, setting up…
Support with Destination Success – Reading
I’ve posted about Destination Reading before but it seems like a good time to bring it up again. Especially since most of you are on the home stretch with many of your students completing the first two products and enrolling a new batch. Your students have been involved with an intensive program to retrain those parts of…
Reading connections or Give Me a Bridge?
How do we help students with their reading in the classroom or in LSS while they are moving through Fast ForWord? There are times when having access to the same reading materials as everyone else is important. Especially true when you wish to practice comprehension and engage in group discussions. Although there are many options available to…
What’s Up with Those Flags!
On Tues Nov 17th, we met at Schou – TLC to familiarize ourselves with some of the reports of Progress Tracker and what to do with interventions. The Condensed Report provide an overview of days participated, and percentage of each exercised completed as well as when flags will appear. Individual Progress reports provided an detailed…