Bessie J. Keels Intel April 4, 2011

Unit Plan

Student Samples

Reading Recovery Rubric

Introduction and Background Reading Recovery is an early intervention program designed to reduce reading failure. Reading Recovery is based on the assumption that intensive, high-quality help during the early years of schooling is the most productive investment of resources. This program was developed and initiated by New Zealand educator and psychologist Marie M. Clay. It provides a second chance in reading for young children who are at risk of failure in their first year of reading instruction.

Rationale for Early Intervention “Good readers and writers develop early. Retention and remediation, accompanying several years of failure, do not enable children to catch up with peers so that they can function productively in school or later on in society. Poor readers experience problems in other areas of learning and usually have diminished confidence and low self-esteem. The longer a child fails, the harder remediation becomes. Using early intervention, before failure is established, can reduce problems later in school. The instruction helps children to “untangle” their confusion and to learn to read and write better. “ Marie M. Clay “

The more children read and write, the more independent they become

Reading Recovery Strategies 1. Observation Survey Letter ID, Word Test, Concepts About Print 2. Running Record 3.Analyzing Sources of Information Meaning Cues, Structure Cues, Visual Cues (MSV) 4. Early Strategies Directional Movement, 1-1 matching, Locating Known and Unknown Words, Giving the Child a New Word 5. Writing 6. Book Selection