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My Reading Coach: Develop Fluency and Comprehension Skills

Make learning to read simple and effective with My Reading Coach. This instructional reading program, developed by MindPlay, guarantees success in improving phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension skills. With a self-paced and individualized environment, students can practice reading and remediation at their own pace. See dramatic results in struggling and non-readers.

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My Reading Coach: Develop Fluency and Comprehension Skills

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  1. Sandy Thompson My Reading Coach Trainer Learning Something New • Make learning simple! • Answer your questions • Help you help your students

  2. My Reading Coach is… • An instructional reading program • Designed to stamp out illiteracy • Developed through MindPlay, founded in 1981 by Judith Bliss • Coached by Jim Larrabee, veteran speech pathologist

  3. Judith Bliss  founder of Mindplay 20 years developing Educational SoftwareJim Larrabee  25-year veteran speech pathologist and reading teacherGoal: Stamp out illiteracyMy Reading Coach: An instructional reading programEmploys a sophisticated, dynamic CAI interface Consistent and systematic dramatic results for struggling and non-readers Background

  4. My Reading Coach is Research Based* A successful reading program: • Phonemic Awareness • Phonics • Fluency • Vocabulary • Text Comprehension * National Reading Panel

  5. My Reading Coach Guarantees Success • Offers students a self-paced, individualized reading and remediation environment • 61 interactive lessons on phonics, rules and word structure with practice activities • 24 unique grammar lessons to teach text comprehension • 200 graded reading passages to practice reading comprehension

  6. What My Reading Coach Can Do • Develops auditory and visual discrimination • Develops sound/letter association • Develops auditory memory- sound sequences • Teaches encoding and decoding of words: one syllable to multi-syllable • Teaches reading comprehension by teaching pause points, “pictures in your mind”, grammar lessons and story passages • Side benefit: increased ability to attend and stay on task

  7. Results: Elementary School

  8. Results: Middle School Improvement 11 to 19 Percentile PointsAt Risk Students

  9. Results: High School Improvement 12 Percentile Points

  10. Special Education Case Study: Writing Matthew’s writing sample BEFORE starting MRC Matthew’s writing sample AFTER 7 hours on MRC

  11. 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

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

  13. Platinum Edition: Lesson Summary Screen

  14. Testing

  15. Student Certificate

  16. Beginning of the Placement Test

  17. Ending of the Placement Test

  18. Introduction Screen

  19. Training Wheels • Teaching Guide • Web Training: Gold Editionwww.mindplay.com/goldtraining

  20. Web Chapter 2: Understanding and Navigating My Reading Coach • User Type • Starting the Program and Logging on • Menu Bar • Classes

  21. Web Chapter 3: Getting Started Administrator Startup • Set Administrator Password • Logon as Administrator • Adding Classes and Teachers

  22. Administrator StartupAdd Teachers and Classes Training Session: Teacher List Teacher Name/ Class Email Address/ Newsletter / School Name Name Phone number Tips Password Yes No Sandy Millerq q Forest Hills Elementary q q Mail to Mindplay: 440 South Williams Blvd. Suite 206 Tucson AZ 85711

  23. Hands on Session 1: Administrator Enter teacher names and a password for each, then enter teacher class name. • Start My Reading Coach • Logon (class: unassigned, name: Administrator, password: get from installer.) • From Menu bar select Teacher Options, then Learning Options • Select Class: Unassigned. • Click CLASSES button • Click NEW button • Type in Class name • Set story grade level to 5 and click OK • Assign a teacher: Click the NEW button • Type in teacher name and password; and click OK © 2000 -2006 Methods & Solutions, Inc. Tucson Arizona – all rights reserved

  24. Web Chapter 3: Getting Started Teacher Startup • Logon as a Teacher • Add Students to Classes © 2000 -2006 Methods & Solutions, Inc. Tucson Arizona – all rights reserved

  25. Hands on Session 2: Teacher Enter 3 student names and a password for each, then enter teacher class name. • Start My Reading Coach • Logon (Class: Unassigned, Name: Teacher name, password: administrator assigned) • From the menu bar select Teacher Options, then Learning Options • Select class: your class name (administrator assigned) • Add a student: Click the ADD button • Type in: Student name and password; click on OK • Continue to add 3 more students

  26. Activity Summary Screen

  27. Word BuildingActivity

  28. Listen and FindActivity

  29. Reading WordsActivity

  30. SpellingActivity

  31. 2 SyllableActivity

  32. Vowel / Sound / Stick Activity

  33. Review Test

  34. Teacher Tools My Reading Coach: Teaching Guide • Lesson Sequence Chart • Word Lists • Memory Aids and Rules • Phonics Sheets • Grammar Sheets • Reading Comprehension Sheets • Supplemental Lessons • Reports

  35. Teacher Options Track and Report

  36. Student Reports • Student Performance Report – Phonics • Student Performance Report – Grammar • Student Performance Report – Comprehension • Student Lesson Error Report • Student Test Details Report(Platinum only) • Student Test Prescription Report(Platinum only) • Student Test Results Report(Platinum only) • Student Attendance Report

  37. Class Reports • Class Daily Lesson Plan • Class Remediation Report • Class Improvement Report • Class Needs Report(Platinum only) • Class Grammar Report • Class Reading Comprehension Report • Class Progress Checklist

  38. Roles • Student – Placement Test, Lessons, Activities and Review Tests • Teacher – Add Students, Monitor Progress, Support and Provide Remedial Help • Administrator – Add Teachers, Maintain the My Reading Coach Program

  39. Web Chapter 7: Read Like You Talk • Overview • Getting the picture in Focus

  40. Oral Reading Expert Sheets 4 tan man

  41. Oral Reading Expert Sheets 8 Can Pam sit?

  42. Oral Reading Expert Sheets 12 Pat is at bat. Pat hit. Can Nick tag Pat? Nick can tag Pat. Pat is sad.

  43. Oral Reading Expert Sheet 16 Jet the Cat Jet is Nick’s thin cat. Can thin Jet nap in a tin can? No, Jet can not nap in a tin can. Jet is thin but he is big. Can Jet nap on the mat? Jet can nap on the thick mat.

  44. Questions?

  45. Problems with Decoding?Voiced, Unvoiced Pairs (sound Partners) d g v b th z zu j w t k f p th s sh ch wh

  46. Problems with Decoding Ending - ed looked goofed bribed proved unvoiced / unvoiced unvoiced / unvoiced voiced / voiced voiced / voiced What is the pattern? Voiced follows voiced, unvoiced follows unvoiced

  47. Problems with Decoding Ending -ed brushed ganged beeped beaded tinted unvoiced, unvoiced voiced, voiced unvoiced, unvoiced same voiced sound sound partners What happens when it’s the same voiced sound? What happens with sound partners?

  48. Recap Sound Partners d g v b th z zu j w t k f p th s sh ch wh

  49. Sound Partners with Ending -ed (voiced) Fewest Syllables Please! 1. When the root word ends with a voiced sound The girl grabbed the ball. 1 syllable - hear all the sounds 2. When the root word ends with an unvoiced sound The boy looked up at the man. 1 syllable switch the sound partner - /t/ 3. When the root word ends with the same voiced sound The men ban ded together. 2 syllables to hear all the sounds 4. When the root word ends with a sound partner The can was den ted. 2 syllables to hear all the sounds

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