Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress STEP STEP

Objectives By the end of this brief session, leaders will be able to… Identify the similar and different elements within each STEP level Administer an assessment with a partner

End of the Year Goals Kindergarten—Step 3 1st grade—Step 6 2nd grade—Step 9 3rd grade—Step 12 Have leaders look at page 8 (handout)

Commonalities among LEVELS Reading Record Developmental Spelling (after STEP 5 it’s not required to move on) Comprehension Conversation

STEPs 1 through 3 Letter-Name Identification Letter-Sound Identification Phonemic Awareness Concepts About Print Oral Reading (STEP 2 scholars read 2 books) Comprehension Conversation Developmental Spelling Refer to handouts pages 16-22 Note that the targets are different for each skill

STEPs 4 and 5 Oral Reading Accuracy Rate Fluency Comprehension Conversation Developmental Spelling 90% accuracy

STEPs 6 and 7 Oral Reading Accuracy Rate Fluency Comprehension Conversation Silent Reading Developmental Spelling

STEPs 8 through 12 Oral Reading Accuracy Rate Fluency Comprehension Conversation Comprehension Writing Story Retelling Silent Reading Developmental Spelling

Faculty Needs How… Ongoing conversation Common language Goal: Build consistency in administering, scoring and interpreting How… Ongoing conversation Common language Learn STEP texts and tests

Practice Time…