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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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