Improves Student Performance through Reading Proficiency

1. Improves Student Performancethrough Reading Proficiency My Reading Coach

2. General Concerns • National focus: Improve test scores • National trend: Increasingly diverse student population District concerns: • Tight budgets • Qualified teacher shortage • Increasing drop-out rate among new teachers • Inconsistent teaching methods based on human differences • Many children are left behind their peers

3. Classroom Concerns • Pressure to increase test scores • Many students are at the lowest stanine levels – increasing 1 grade level in a year is not enough • Many students have limited English skills • High mobility / human differences effect student success • Teachers working harder with fewer resources

4. Why is My Reading Coach Instruction Essential? Results: • 10 – 30 percentile point improvement in 50 hours of instruction (GUARANTEED) • High cost special needs classes reduced • Supplements ALL existing reading programs • Provides consistentone-on-one instruction to every student • Helps all teachers and all students become successful

5. Word Lists for Lessons Lesson 1Lesson 25Lesson 61 am, ma, leap, moan expectation na, ap, pa goal, soap interdependent goat, mean contemplative insubordination conservation

6. My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level 10.0

7. Results: Middle School Improvement 11 to 19 percentile pointsAt Risk Students

8. Results: High SchoolImprovement 12 percentile pointsHigh School Remedial English

9. Hear the Difference Randy after 47 lessons Randy after Lesson 12 Willie after 28 lessons Willie after Lesson 12

10. Mindplay Instructional Software • 20 years experience developing Award Winning Educational Software • Our success is vested in the success of your students • My Reading Coach – has evolved from the classroom, it is research based and we guarantee results with your students

11. My Reading Coach Background • Jim Larrabee: 25 year veteran public school teacher • speech pathologist, reading and special education teacher – program developer. • Jim’s technique had 100% success rate teaching middle school and elementary students to read on grade level in two semesters • Best Practice / Best Theory Development • 5 years of Field Testing and great success with Elementary Schools, Middle Schools and High Schools

12. Why Are We Unique? We believe the PROCESS drives the results Best Practices Methodology Research & Development Research Infused Success Guaranteed! 10 – 30 percentile points CustomerSupport Diagnostic Placement Staff Development One-on-one “Teacher Emulated” Instruction

13. National Reading PanelElements required for reading success • Systematic Phonics andPhonemic Awareness • Fluency - Speed , Accuracy, Expression • Text Comprehension Suggested Strategy: • Create mental pictures of what you read • Vocabulary • Spelling

14. Cognitive Learning Theory Successful Learning Model No Mis-learning Student Model Teacher Test Feedback

15. My Reading Coach Lessons • 61Phonemic Awareness Lessons • 61Coach Assisted Spelling Lessons • 24Grammar Lessons to TeachComprehension • Reading Comprehension Practice Activities • 15Teacher Interventions using Expert Sheets

16. My Reading CoachGrammar Lessons -Nouns -Proper Nouns -Adjectives -Prepositions -Articles -Interrogative Pronouns -Verbs; Linking Verbs -Conjunctions -Helping Verbs -Abstract Nouns -Punctuation -Double Duty Pronouns -Question/Order -Possessive Pronouns -Subject/Predicate -Contractions

17. My Reading Coach61 Lessons: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Phonetic Rules

18. My Reading Coach61 New and Improved Lesson Introductions

19. My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Listen and FindVisual Discrimination: similar appearance different word

20. My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Reading WordsDecoding a word: discriminate from similar sounding words

21. My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Word BuildingAuditory Discrimination: words into individual sounds • Coach says a word: “trait” • Student types: “traet” Coach instantly responds

22. My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Writing Encoding : 10,000 unique situations for specific remediation

23. My Reading CoachWriting –1st error: General help

24. My Reading CoachWriting- 2nd error: Specific feedback

25. My Reading Coach2 Syllable Activity – Decoding Longer words

26. My Reading CoachVowel – Sound – Stick: Easily decoding multi-syllable words

27. My Reading CoachInteractive Grammar Lesson and Activity • Improves reading comprehen-sion • Improves writing skills • Ensures application and retention • Fast learning progression

28. My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level – 1.0 – 10.5 • Story level assigned automati-cally • Pause points help students at reading level 1 and 2 understand grammar clues taught by the coach

29. My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity • The coach asks a question

30. My Reading CoachStudent Help: First Feedback Three levels of help 1st Response Sight words or words that do not fit the patterns learned can be voiced Click on the red word

31. My Reading CoachStudent Help: Second Feedback 2nd Response The coach helps the student succeed by focusing in on the answer.

32. My Reading CoachStudent Help: Third Feedback Third Response The correct answer is displayed.

33. My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level 5.5

34. Types of Reports • Student • Entire Class • School

35. Student Reports • Student Performance Report – Phonics • Student Performance Report – Grammar • Student Performance Report – Comprehension • Student Error Report • Student Attendance Report

37. Class Reports • Class Daily Lesson Plan • Class Remediation Report • Class Improvement Report • Class Grammar Report • Class Reading Comprehension Report • Class Progress Checklist

38. School Report • School Progress Report