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Engage in 70 minutes of class time focusing on reading skills through opening, rotations, cool down, and Lexile Determination. Tutorial sessions offer thematic units with small group instruction. Software aids in nonfiction exposure and reading fluency. Reading sessions involve vocabulary development, critical thinking skills, and Reading Counts! Test. Progress is tracked through Lexile levels and grading.
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Read 180 Bethany Celmins
Seventy Minutes of Class • 5 minutes maximum opening (agendas, announcements, quick warm-up) • 3-20 minute rotations (Tutorial, Computers, Reading Center) • 5 minute cool down & clean-up and
Lexile Determination • Incoming students take a test that determines their lexile level, which is used to determine the level of books that they choose from during silent reading. • Lexile level is roughly correlated with grade level proficiencies in a table. Remember, it is ONE measure of your child’s ability and is used in combination with other data.
Tutorial • Thematic Units that center on important reading skills and vocabulary development • Small group instruction 1:5 average size
Software • Exposes students to nonfiction passages • Works with them on word recognition and reading fluency • Addresses spelling
Reading • Books at four different levels • Involves student developing their own vocabulary awareness • Involves students in critical thinking skills through graphic organizers and quick write questions • Culminates with a Reading Counts! Test