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Reading Plan September 2022
Ms. Keisha Redd-Hannans, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction
K - 3
Components of Reading
What data is being collected?
Assessment Type
How is the data being collected?
How often is the data being collected?
Oral Language
Oral Reading Fluency assesses advanced phonics and word attack skills, accurate and fluent reading of connected text by collecting a student’s number of words read correctly in a minute on a grade level passage
SEL (Biliteracy schools) assess this information in both English and Spanish
Universal Screener
Benchmark
Progress Monitoring
Data Tracker
Determined by Schools/ Departments (ELA/MLL)
Phonemic Awareness
PSF assesses a student’s ability to segment words into individual phonemes by collecting the number of phonemes segmented correctly in a minute
Biliteracy schools assess both PSF/FSF and DSA in both English and Spanish
Universal
Benchmark
Progress Monitoring
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal
District Data Tracker to SDE
Fall, Winter, Spring
Phonics
Unit assessments for Fundations assesses a student’s mastery of skills taught in the unit; data collected varies by unit and level
WADE (Wilson) assesses a students decoding and encoding skills correlated to the word structures taught in Wilson Reading System
DSA-(Spanish) is a feature screener directly connected to a student’s orthographic knowledge by collecting the number of word features and total number of words spelled correctly
Oral Reading Fluency assesses advanced phonics and word attack skills, accurate and fluent reading of connected text by collecting a student’s number of words read correctly in a minute on a grade level passage
Formative
Progress Monitoring
Schools define collection
Data tracker
Varies from 1- 4 weeks correlated to the scope and sequence
Letter Name/ Rapid Letter Naming Fluency
Letter ID assesses the students knowledge/ identification of letters by collecting the number of letter identified correctly
Letter ID- Spanish- biliteracy schools assess this information in both languages
Letter Name Fluency assesses the student’s knowledge/ identification of letters by collecting the number of letter identified correctly in a minute
Benchmark
Progress Monitoring
Weekly in small group
TBD
Vocabulary
RI (Reading Inventory) is a computer-based close-reading assessment that assesses
Universal Screener
Benchmark
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal
Fall, Winter, Spring
readability and text complexity and provides student Lexile level and growth goals
Progress Monitoring
District Data Tracker to SDE
Reading Fluency
ORF assesses advanced phonics and word attack skills, accurate and fluent reading of connected text by collecting a student’s number of words read correctly in a minute on a grade level passage
Recording Students’ Reading is a tool which provides an insight into a student's reading as it is happening which allows teachers to teach into the points of difficulty by collecting anecdotal notes related to student reading behaviors, fluency, etc.
FLO (Biliteracy schools) assesses the accuracy of fluency in Spanish by collecting a student’s number of words read correctly in a minute on a grade level passage in Spanish
Universal Screener
Formative
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal
District Data Tracker to SDE
Fall, Winter, Spring
Comprehension
Recording Students’ Reading is a tool which provides an insight into a student's reading as it is happening which allows teachers to teach into the points of difficulty by collecting anecdotal notes related to student reading behaviors, fluency, etc.
SEL (Biliteracy schools) assesses a student using a Spanish text to collect student oral reading rate, oral reading fluency and comprehension
Formative
Small Group Lesson Plan
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal
Daily Observation (focus student)
3 - 8
Progress Monitoring Tool
What data is being collected?
Assessment Type
How is the data being collected?
How often is the data being collected?
RI (Reading Inventory)
READ 180 Universal software components and skills reports
RI (Reading Inventory) is a computer-based
close-reading assessment that assesses readability and text complexity and provides student Lexile level and growth goals
Comprehension, fluency and word study skills are monitored through student software data
Universal Screener
Benchmark
Progress Monitoring
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal (Gr. 3)
District Data Tracker to SDE
District tracker
On going process
Interim Assessment Blocks (IABs)
Read Literary Text
Informational Text
Student responses to grade level comprehension questions in order to conduct an item analysis to define Tier 1 instruction
Formative
School based collections
Fall, Winter, Spring
ORF FLO
Assesses advanced phonics and word attack skills, accurate and fluent reading of connected text by collecting a student’s number of words read correctly in a minute on a grade level passage
(gr. 3)
FLO (Biliteracy schools)
Universal Screener
Benchmark
Progress Monitoring
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal (Gr. 3)
District Data Tracker to SDE
Fall, Winter, Spring
assesses the accuracy of fluency in Spanish by collecting a student’s number of words read correctly in a minute on a grade level passage in Spanish
(gr. 3)
Recording Student’s Reading
SEL EDL
Recording Students’ Reading is a tool which provides an insight into a student's reading as it is happening which allows teachers to teach into the points of difficulty by collecting anecdotal notes related to student reading behaviors, fluency, etc.
SEL (Biliteracy schools) assesses a student using a Spanish text to collect student oral reading rate, oral reading fluency and comprehension
EDL (Biliteracy schools) assesses a student using a Spanish text to collect student oral reading rate, oral reading fluency and comprehension
Formative
Small Group Lesson Plan
NHPS Early Literacy Data Portal (Gr. 3)
Monthly
9 - 12
Progress Monitoring Tool
What data is being collected?
Assessment Type
How is the data being collected?
How often is the data being collected?
RI (Reading Inventory)
READ 180
Universal software components and skills reports
RI (Reading Inventory) is a computer-based close-reading assessment that assesses readability and text complexity and provides student Lexile level and growth goals (gr. 9-10)
Comprehension, fluency and word study skills are monitored through student software data
Universal Screener
Benchmark
Progress Monitoring
On line/In Program
District Data Tracker to SDE
Fall, Winter, Spring
Level Set assessment
Achieve3000 software components and skills reports
A student’s mastery of comprehension skills as part of the Achieve3000 program
Screener
Progress Monitoring
On line/ In Program
Fall, Winter, Spring Monthly
Common Reading and Writing Assessments
Students read a set of texts and craft an essay in order to measure a student’s mastery of:
Claim and Organization (C &EC 1)
Evidence (C & EC 3) (indicators from Cross Curricular Rubric)
Formative
Schoolnet
Fall, Winter, Spring
ML Literacy Portfolio
Writing samples with rubric
Readings
Formative
Individual portfolios
Fall, Winter, Spring
K-12 Data Analysis and Decision-Making
Data Analysis and Decision Making
How often is the data being reviewed and by whom?
What solution-oriented processes are in place to make decisions?
What steps is the District taking to see building and classroom level data? How is the District sharing findings with individual schools?
Who at the District level is responsible for providing plan implementation support and follow-up?
Weekly K - 8 Grade Level Meetings
Data Teams
Implementation of DecisionEd (Projected Jan 2023)
All staff will have access to data daily
Sharing
Bi-Annual Principals and Assistant Principals Meetings
Superintendent’s annual data meeting
Literacy Supervisor
Building Leadership Data Teams
Assistant Superintendents
Monthly Department
Meetings in grades 9 - 12
District Data Teams
District Literacy Coaches
State Monitoring Meetings
School Quality Reviews
(twice a year)
Scientific Research-Based Interventions
School Level Leadership
Practice
Who ensures that the practice is informed by a specific purpose?
How is the purpose communicated?
How often is the data collected?
How often is the data being reviewed and by whom?
How is the data being shared and by whom?
Classroom Walkthroughs
Executive Team and school level leadership set the purpose for walkthroughs to align with professional development and district reading plan.
The Content Supervisor met with the Executive Team to review the K-12 Reading Plan to identify the year around the 7 Components of Reading, and the district focus of small group instruction. School level leadership teams then will meet and ensure the school staff will
TBD by school
Daily logs
Monthly coaching logs
TBD by school
Weekly
Bimonthly
Bldg Leadership Team Meetings. to share school wide trends
Trends addressed at Grade Level Team Meetings.
Data from schools are shared through District Literacy
be informed.
The “Look Fors 2.0” document will provide guidance
Coach Meetings
Feedback on Data and Practice
Assistant Superintendent s and school leadership teams will define how feedback is shared with school teams to set clear goals for growth.
School leadership will leverage the 7 Week Progress Monitoring schedule and weekly grade level meetings to review data sets, create growth plans and clearly articulate expectations for best practice strategies taught within PD
TBD by school schedule for Bldg. Leadership
Every 7 Weeks
TBD by school
Every 7 Weeks
Leadership shares at school wide meetings, grade level meetings and with SPMT.
Monitoring of Plan Implementation
Content Supervisor will set the plan and criteria for reviewing alignment to the reading plan.
School leadership teams will monitor school plans for alignment to the reading plan.
Coach Meetings will have allotted time to review evidence of instructional alignment to the reading plan.
Superintendent Meetings will have an allotted time to review evidence of instructional alignment to the reading plan.
Weekly
Bimonthly
Monthly
Weekly
Bimonthly
Monthly
The data is reviewed continually by district and school leadership through school visits, reviews and ongoing professional development and small group meetings.
Professional Development
Topic
Audience
Timeline
Expected Outcome
7 Components of Reading Series with an emphasis on the Foundational Skills (Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics/Word Works)
Principals, AP, Coaches, All Teachers and Paraprofessionals
9/13, 11/7, 1/9, 3/6, 5/11
Monthly Superintendent
Improve the knowledge base and skill set of all educators in order to improve the quality and fidelity of instructional implementation, resulting in improved outcomes for students.
Multilingual Learners (Biliteracy Schools)
7 Components of Reading with an emphasis of Foundational skills (Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics/Word Works) when teaching the Spanish component to address the needs of the dual language schools
Emergent bilingual students and Reading
Principals, AP, Coaches, All Biliteracy teachers and Paraprofessionals
9/13, 11/7, 1/9, 3/6, 5/11
Improve the knowledge base and skills of all biliteracy educators in order to improve the quality and fidelity of the instructional implementation in the dual language schools so that students become biliterate in both languages: Spanish and English
Multilingual Learners (ESOL Program)
Differentiated instruction for multilingual learners specifically for students who are less than 30
ESOL Teachers, and staff
9/13, 11/7, 1/9, 3/6, 5/11
Improve the knowledge about differentiated instruction, effective small group instruction so that multilingual learners improve in the areas of literacy in the second language.
months in USA
Effective small group instruction
Progress monitoring
Structured Literacy
Special education teachers, select Literacy and ML coaches/staff
Cohort 1: 10/26, 12/7, 1/11, 2/8 Cohort 2: 10/27, 12/13, 1/17, 2/9
Improve the knowledge base and skill set of teachers around the components of structured literacy.Structured Literacy training is the systematic teaching of basic literacy skills.
Wilson
Special education teachers, select Literacy and ML coaches/staff
9/27, 9/28, 9/29
Improve the knowledge and skill set on the explicit teaching of decoding and encoding.
Specifically, Wilson Reading Program is a structured literacy program based on
phonological-coding research and Orton-Gillingham principles, WRS directly and systematically teaches the structure of the English language. Through the program, students learn fluent decoding and encoding skills to the level of mastery.
A guide to the implementation of NHPS Units of Study
Reading and Writing Workshop Model
Book Clubs
Small Group Instruction
Progress monitoring
Coaches, and Teachers
9/13, 11/1, 1/9, 3/6, 5/11
Improve the knowledge base and skill set of all educators in order to improve the quality and fidelity of instructional implementation, resulting in improved outcomes for students.
On-going professional development provided at the district and/or school levels in
Interventionists
9/13, 11/1, 11/21, 1/9, 1/23, 3/6,
3/13, 5/11, 5/22
Improve the knowledge base and skill set of all educators in order to improve the quality and fidelity of
order to provide a menu of interventions
Lexia
Structured Literacy
LLI
READ 180
System 44
Achieve 3000
instructional implementation, resulting in improved outcomes for students.
Differentiated professional development on
Calibrating common writing assessment and performance task writing
Independent reading in the classroom
Supporting reluctant readers and writers
Progress monitoring
AP course implementation
Principals, AP, High School ELA Teachers
9/13, 11/21, 1/23, 5/22
Improve the knowledge base and skill set of all educators in order to improve the quality and fidelity of instructional implementation, resulting in improved outcomes for students.
Ongoing professional development to leverage, at the district level and/or school level, in order to improve student and teacher ability to use materials supporting their research needs, educational needs across all curricula, and pleasure reading.
Library Media Specialists
8/24, 9/13, 11/7, 11/21, 1/9, 1/18.
1/23, 3/6, 3/13, 4/5, 5/8, 5/22, 6/1
Increase the usage of materials and resources provided by the district to support learning including:
Book checkouts (schools with libraries)
E-book checkouts
Database usage
Literacy Coaches provide support by doing the following:
Provide professional development for teachers by giving them the additional support needed to implement various instructional programs and practices
Provide essential leadership for a school’s entire literacy program
Coach teachers to improve instruction in all areas of the language arts – reading, writing, and oral language development
Assist teachers in the design and teaching of lessons in other content disciplines where students continue to develop and use their literacy skills
Participate in the Building Leadership Team
Participate/chair SRBI Team
Participate in SPMT
Facilitate grade level meetings
Co-lead 7 Week Progress Monitoring meetings
Provide small group instruction for intervention students
Family Engagement
ELA handouts for K and 9th grade shared with families during canvass
Develop and disseminate literature that includes strategies for developing/practicing reading skills
School and/or Community based family literacy events
Applications of learning, games, and projects
How can parents promote literacy at home?
Provide “Parent Pointers” for varied age levels
Flood the community with math learning - churches, barber shops & beauty salons, grocery stores, pediatrician’s offices, etc.
Quarterly family engagement activities
District Non-Negotiables
Small group instruction
Small group instruction
Progress monitoring of small groups
Small group instruction
Collaboration time for all teachers
Small group instruction
WIN (What Students Need) Block within daily schedule