WHAT NEEDS HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT?
NEED: Improve Reading Skills of Middle School and High School Students Who Are Reading Below Grade Level
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
ConceptLinks, www.millmarkeducation.com
Inside and Edge, www.ngsp.com
Language, Literacy and Vocabulary: science and ss Reading Expeditions, www.ngsp.com
NEED: Re-engage High School Students at Risk of Dropping Out
POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Make the learning relevant to them using Edge! Edge is the best English/language arts resource available for at-risk students: Proven effective, easy for teachers to use, containing content/topics that are relevant to adolescents. www.ngsp.com
NEED: Improve Instruction for Special Education Students
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
SIPPS phonics, www.devstu.org, grades K-12
Science Vocabulary Boosters and ConceptLinks, www.millmarkeducation.com, gr. 4-12
Language, Literacy, and Vocabulary, www.ngsp.com, K-12
Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention, www.heinemann.com, K-5
NEED: Improve Instruction and Student Academic Achievement Using Technology
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
Big Cats, www.pacificlearning.com, grades K-2
CSI (Comprehension Strategy Instruction), www.pacificlearning.com, grades 3-8
Okapi IWB, www.myokapi.com, grades K-6
Science Concept Boosters, www.millmarkeducation.com, grades 2-9
NEED: Innovative and Promising Reforms
POSSIBLE SOLUTION: Take a close look at ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative and merge academic and social learning using DSC’s Caring School Community, Making Meaning and Being a Writer. (www.devstu.org)
Mondo's InfoPairs for developing critical literacy skills, grades 1-8. www.mondopub.com
NEED: Identify and Implement Assessments that Better Inform Daily Instruction
POSSIBLE SOLUTION: For K-8, use the Benchmark Assessment Systems for K-2 and 3-8 created by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell (www.heinemann.com). Each kit is $275 and includes everything a teacher or reading specialist needs to assess key reading benchmarks and goals, with emphasis on reading comprehension.
For middle and high school, Inside and Edge offer online reading assessments. www.ngsp.com
NEED: Improve Instruction for English Language Learners
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: for middle and high school, Millmark Education’s ConceptLinks for science and social studies helps struggling students and ELL’s access core content concepts they need to know. Gorgeous, well written books, engaging technology that supports academic language development, career exploration, comprehension strategy instruction and writing are included in each module, packaged to promote sharing among teachers. www.millmarkeducation.com
EDGE, from Hampton-Brown, was created for ELL and striving readers in high school who are reading below grade level. The Edge Effectiveness Study documented impressive gains in reading comprehension and vocabulary, especially compared to control group students using other popular intervention programs. INSIDE, from Hampton-Brown, is the middle school counterpart to EDGE. Deborah Short, SIOP co-author, is a primary consultant on both programs. www.ngsp.com
INSIDE the USA is designed for Newcomers in middle and high school. www.ngsp.com
At the elementary level, we offer more than a dozen options. Please call LexAmi (800-607-5692) for details so we can make recommendations that fit your needs!
NEED: Improve Classroom Libraries, Offering Books Students WANT to Read
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: LexAmi Book Bins, available from Rourke Publishing, are grade specific for K-5, clustered for middle school, include 100 books per tub and a CD with graphic organizers and instructional tips for maximizing their use during independent reading and centers, all for $550 per classroom. www.rourkeclassroom.com
The Booksource (www.booksource.com) has already created grade-specific libraries for K-8, content-specific libraries (math, science, and social studies), instructional focus (comprehension strategies, writer’s craft, etc.), and textbook correlated libraries (Reading Street, Storytown, etc.). They will also customize libraries based on your criteria. They always offer a 25% discount plus free shipping.
IDR Libraries from Developmental Studies Center (www.devstu.org) for grades K-8. While not the least expensive pre-packaged libraries, these are BY FAR the most carefully selected collections, grouped by grade level as easy, on-level, and challenging by a team of educators and children’s librarians who reviewed thousands of books to create these sets. Great mix of fiction and nonfiction!
NEED: Professional Development that Elevates Teacher and Principal Quality
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: Job-embedded professional development that utilizes focused lesson study, book studies, video analysis. All available from www.LexAmi.com
In-class coaching and demonstration lessons: long-term on-site consultant support available from Developmental Study Center, Benchmark Education, Heinemann and Mondo Publishing.
Regie Routman in Residence PD bundles from www.heinemann.com are DVD-based programs that provide a year's worth of PD that is:
manageable—its leadership model includes principals, literacy leaders, coaches, and teachers
sustainable—it establishes a shared vision that raises expectations and achievement
replicable—it builds capacity for ongoing PD and collaboration
affordable—it delivers a full year of PD for about $100 per teacher.
NEED: Pre-K Resources for a Culturally Diverse Population
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: Avenues from Hampton-Brown (www.ngsp.com) is the perfect fit because it focuses on language, literacy and content for young learners in a thematic structure that emphasizes and supports language development and vocabulary.
Mondo’s Let’s Talk About It! (www.mondopub.com) is a supplemental resource specifically focusing on oral language development and linking it to reading and writing.
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