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Reading is Thinking!
Building Better Brains for Reading
Situation #1
• Bright students (grades 3-5)• Solid OG foundation• Reduced Word ID (WRMT),
fluency (CTOPP & TOSWRF)
and comprehension (TORC)• Not making effective
progress… now what?
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OG + RAVE-O =• Blended approach of conscientious phonics
with a program dedicated to all the other features of language
• In the moment of a child’s learning, put these four components of a child’s learning to read:– Continuum of knowledge of every word– Multiplicity of meanings– Semantic Neighborhoods– Syntactic Flexibility
Students using RAVE-O
21
34
49
Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5
5 students3 students
6 students
RAVE-O & OG Results:
• Pre/post fMRI analysis conducted through Tufts University
• Annual pre/post standardized testing
• Teacher journals regarding student progress
Situation #2
Middle School:
• Weak phonemic awareness
• Weak Word ID and Work Attack
• Persistent delays in reading & writing
• Not making effective progress…
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10
20
30
40
50
60
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
LANGUAGE!
CS Curriculum
Middle School Students
DRP ScoresInstructional Reading Level
Student October March
A 21 38
B 35 41
C 26 45
D 31 38
E 23 41
F 24 38
Student A, Sample 1
Student A, Sample 2
Student B, Sample 1
Student B, Sample 2
Situation #3
• 144 students in Middle School
• Testing = scatter among fluency, writing, and comprehension skills
• Now what?
30%
70% OG??
Writing?
Fluency?
Comprehension?
144 Middle School Students - 34 in OG tutorial - 21 fluency - 4 compr/voc - 5 fluency/comp - 5 fluency/comp/ss - 10 fluency/ss - 2 org/ss - 13 fluency/writing & revision - 56 writing & revision - 14 speech/language (2Xwk)
Student LFA Enrollment
LFA Percentages
16%
3%
4%
4%
7%
1%
10%
41%
10%4%
fluency
comprehension / vocabulary
fluency & comprehension
fluency / comprehension &study skillsfluency with organization &study skillsorganization & study skills
fluency & writing/revision skills
reinforcing revision skills
plus 2 (SLP)
foundations (6 weeks)
ComprehensionComprehensionComprehensionComprehension
FluencyFluencyFluencyFluencyFluency WritingWriting
LANGUAGE! vs. OG & LFA
30%
70% OG tutorialLFA placement
13% of MS students needed MORE13% of MS used LANGUAGE!
Situation #4
• Educational Technology to support reading comprehension (in LFAs)– Wiggleworks (Grades 1-3)– BookBuilder (CAST)– Thinking Reader (Grades 6-8)– Kurzweil Adaptations
Thinking Reader™
A reading comprehension program for struggling
readers
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