RTI & Our Journey With Spelling Annette A. Pawlas, M.A. Speech-Language Pathologist Michael McCoy, B.A. 2nd Grade Teacher
WHO ARE WE?
OBJECTIVES Demonstrate how one SLP and general education teacher collaborated to improve spelling skills in a second grade classroom Understand the skills SLP’s have for interpreting spelling abilities Introduce AIMS Web Spelling CBM
Our School Westview Elementary Students Free and Reduced lunch ELL Special Education Built in 1968 Located in Northglenn,Co Adams12 School District
How our Journey Started District Benchmark -Phonological Analysis Literacy Screening (PALS) Spell To Excel (District Program) AIMS- Spelling CBM
2009-2010 School Year First Semester Initial Benchmark with AIMS (Sept. 2009) Meet about results Progress Monitor 3x’s Meet after each PM SLP Lessons once weekly (20-30 minutes)
2009-2010 School Year Second Semester Mid year Benchmark (Dec.2009) Progress Monitor 4x’s Meet after each PM SLP Lessons once every other week or less Lowest third work with SLP-A Final Benchmark (May 2010)
Information about AIMS WEB Spelling (CLS) Reading/Writing Fee based Scoring the spelling section
Result of First Benchmark Sept. 2009
How We Proceeded Digraphs - Following 1st Benchmark Vowel Circle Sound Segmentation
Other Word Lists and Scoring
Mid Year Benchmark Data Dec. 2009
You Try It
Final Benchmark Data May 2010
Next Steps
Resources Grace, Katherine. Phonics and Spelling Through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping. Colorado: Sopris West Educational Services, 2007. Bloom, F. and Coates, Deborah B. Recipe for Spelling: A Comprehensive Spelling Program Incorporating Language Arts and Thinking Skills. Texas: Pro-ed, 2000. Lindamood, P.C. and Lindamood, P.D. The Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech. Texas: Pro-ed, 1998. www.aimsweb.com
Contact us at: Annette.Pawlas@adams12.org MichaelP.McCoy@adams12.org