1. Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress
STEP
STEP

2. 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

3. 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)

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

5. 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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. Practice Time…