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Chinle Elementary School We serve Grades PreK-6th 577 Students 99% Navajo

August 19, 2016 May 26, 2017

A Sense of Urgency

Student Reading Tiers Grade Level Emergency At-Risk Nov. 18, 2016 Emergency At-Risk Proficient or Above K 3.2% 35.5% 61.3% 1st 17.7% 29.0% 53.2% 2nd 17.6% 52.9% 29.4% 3rd 53.6% 35.7% 8.9% 4th 61.4% 26.3% 10.5% 5th 47.4% 35.1% 6th 85.3% 10.3% 4.4% Total 40.7% 32.1% 25.8%

59% 36% November 18, 2016 Kinder 62 37 16 1st Grade 11 18 13 9 Number of Students Read Aloud Concepts of Print Initial Consonants Sight Words Initial Blends & Digraphs Onset + Sight Word/Rime 2-Syllable Words Multisyllabic Words Irregularly Spelled Words & Chapter Books Tier II Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Latin & Greek Roots & Genre Expansion Genre Expansion Author's Craft, Point of View Literary Analysis College & Career Ready Grade Level Grade Level Equilavent PreK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 8 9 & 10 11 & 12 Kinder 62 37 16 1st Grade 11 18 13 9 2nd Grade 68 20 14 3rd Grade 56 12 8 4th Grade 57 7 5th Grade 15 6th Grade Total 430 49 44 26 55 64 48 60 42 10 59% 36%

The Swiss Cheese Effect

Setting Up the System

1. Identify All Teachers & Potential Teachers Certified Teachers Instructional Aids Specials Teachers P. E. Teacher Culture Teacher Other Support Staff Family Engagement Specialist Counselor Academic Coaches

2. Marketing Creating the vision Plan well thought out and presented in simple steps Data clearly showed our need Students at the center

3. Assess each student All students were assessed using the same Phonics Infrastructure and a cold read of leveled text. Students were placed in our continuum based on their lowest level need Read Aloud Concepts of Print Initial Consonants Sight Words Initial Blends & Digraphs Onset + Sight Word/Rime 2-Syllable Words Multisyllabic Words Irregularly Spelled Words & Chapter Books Tier II Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Latin & Greek Roots & Genre Expansion Genre Expansion Author's Craft, Point of View Literary Analysis College & Career Ready

4. Do the Math Calculate a simple ratio of teachers to students Assign students to classes based on similar needs, as close to the ratio as possible Lower ratio for basic phonics groups Read Aloud Concepts of Print Initial Consonants Sight Words Initial Blends & Digraphs Onset + Sight Word/Rime 2-Syllable Words Multisyllabic Words Irregularly Spelled Words & Chapter Books Tier II Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Latin & Greek Roots & Genre Expansion Genre Expansion Author's Craft, Point of View Literary Analysis College & Career Ready

5. Systematic, Explicit Instruction Three, three week cycles per quarter Identified critical skills for each group Read Aloud Concepts of Print Initial Consonants Sight Words Initial Blends & Digraphs Onset + Sight Word/Rime 2-Syllable Words Multisyllabic Words Irregularly Spelled Words & Chapter Books Tier II Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Latin & Greek Roots & Genre Expansion Genre Expansion Author's Craft, Point of View Literary Analysis College & Career Ready

6. Set Teachers up for Success Resources Materials Scope & Sequence (three week cycles) End of Cycle Targets Designate classrooms/areas for non-classroom teachers (Instructional Assistants)

7. Plan for Planning Designated time for Professional Learning Community specifically for reading reteach and enrich Teachers plan with other teachers working on the same skill Read Aloud Concepts of Print Initial Consonants Sight Words Initial Blends & Digraphs Onset + Sight Word/Rime 2-Syllable Words Multisyllabic Words Irregularly Spelled Words & Chapter Books Tier II Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Latin & Greek Roots & Genre Expansion Genre Expansion Author's Craft, Point of View Literary Analysis College & Career Ready

8. Time 40 minutes daily Blocked out in master schedule Communicated to parents 3 week cycles

Action

Implementation Students transition to reteach & enrich teacher’s classroom One person is designated to stay in the front office to direct lost students Custodians sweep the halls to ensure students get to their classes Everyone in the halls during transition time Teachers must leave a plan for the substitute if they plan to be on leave or call in sick. Reteach & enrich is NEVER cancelled.

How we kept momentum going… Constant communication of the data Communicating targets to students helped to motivate them to move to the next level Hot 100 Through data, we were able to identify 100 students who were “stuck” on certain skills for more than 9 weeks. Communication between homeroom and reteach & enrich teacher

The Results

14% 36% Kinder 72 12 31 15 1st Grade 68 8 10 19 2nd Grade 73 13 9 17 May 26, 2017 Number of Students Read Aloud Concepts of Print Initial Consonants Sight Words Initial Blends & Digraphs Onset + Sight Word/Rime 2-Syllable Words Multisyllabic Words Irregularly Spelled Words & Chapter Books Tier II Vocabulary in Context Academic Vocabulary Latin & Greek Roots & Genre Expansion Genre Expansion Author's Craft, Point of View Literary Analysis College & Career Ready Grade Level Grade Level Equilavent PreK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 8 9 & 10 11 & 12 Kinder 72 12 31 15 1st Grade 68 8 10 19 2nd Grade 73 13 9 17 14 3rd Grade 56 21 16 4th Grade 57 7 11 5th Grade 24 6th Grade 23 Total 430 22 42 44 45 95 64 28 14% 36%

Student Reading Tiers Grade Level Emergency At-Risk May 26, 2017 Emergency At-Risk Proficient or Above K 4.2% 1.4% 94.4% 1st 27.9% 17.6% 54.4% 2nd 35.6% 23.3% 39.7% 3rd 15.0% 20.0% 65.0% 4th 50.0% 18.3% 31.7% 5th 54.8% 22.6% 6th 68.1% 15.3% 16.7% Total 36.4% 46.7%

Moving forward Building teacher content knowledge by implementing TRE Start first cycle for 2017-2018 after Fall Break

Every student reading at or above grade level.

Melissa: mymartin@chinleusd.k12.az.us Cammie csnatay@chinleusd.k12.az.us Cammie & Melissa Chinle Elementary School