Dominie Overview and SWS Training Retta Havird and Sheila Matthews- Kindergarten Carolyn Williams and Cheryl Zimmerman- 1st and 2nd Grade Mary Helen Cochran and Robin Vitali- 3rd, 4th and 5th grade

The Show Me Book (K) Provides information about the student’s understanding of: Concepts of print Letters and words Beginning sight words Directionality Provides information about words/letters the student is able to write After reading the slide, show the video of me giving it, give out a completed sample and allow teachers to practice giving it to each other.

Letter Knowledge Inventory (K-1) Provides information about what the child knows about letters Child says the letter, the sound of the letter, or a word that begins with that letter Point out the pages in the Teacher’s Manual, then pass out the samples of a completed one.

Text Reading Level (TRL) Helps the teacher analyze and interpret the child’s oral reading and comprehension strategies Allows for progress monitoring Provides “bridging” instructional ideas Read the slide for purpose, then pass out Reading Recovery Conventions sheet. Tell teachers these are the conventions that should be used when assessing with Text Reading. Pass out student samples for teachers to see. If time allows, show the video of Text Leveling being done.

Administering SWS BOY, MOY, and EOY sentences (A, B, C) Decide grade appropriateness for administration: whole group, small groups, one-on-one Teacher reads through sentence once-students listen only Teacher reads through sentence second time, slowly-students write Teacher read through sentence third time-students check

Number of phonemes/sounds Scoring SWS Two scores: Spelling and Phonemes (sounds the student represented) Spelling: 1 point for every word spelled correctly Phonemes: add up the number of sounds the student represented in that word (2) (3) (4) (2) (3) (1) (3) My dad loves to fly a kite. Mi da lovs tu fy a kit. Point out the page in the Teacher’s Manual that gives samples of scoring. Pass out students samples for teachers to practice scoring. Once they’ve practiced, go over it with them. Number of phonemes/sounds

Dominie Stanine Scoring System A stanine is a type of scaled score used in many norm-referenced standardized tests. There are nine stanine units (the term is short for "standard nine-point scale"), ranging from 9 to 1. Typically, stanine scores are interpreted as above average (9, 8, 7), average (6, 5, 4), and below average (3, 2, 1). Using only nine numbers, stanine scoring is usually easier to understand than other scoring models. Pearson Group Reference Intervention categories sheet and pages 94-99 of teacher’s edition for “Phonics, Writing, & Spelling”