1.  Back to School Night Presentation

2.  What does LEAD 21 Stand for? o Literacy Expanded o Equity Ensured o Acceleration Achieved o Differentiation Refined

3.  Theme Reader  Differentiated Reader  Inquiry Project  Theme Board  Work Stations (flipcharts)  Online Tools

4.  Group Placement Test  Quarterly Benchmark Assessments o Change groups  Weekly Assessments o Online o Skills and strategies from the week  Reading Progress Assessments o Multi-dimensional fluency assessment  Differentiated Unit Assessments

5.  District required  One pattern  Includes frequently misspelled words and review words  Practice companion activities

6.  Rigor o text complexity  Common Core Standards  Thematic units  Emphasis on social studies/science content o Informational Text  Inquiry  Format of series o The differentiated readers are designed to match students reading “levels” (two grade levels below through two grade levels above)  Technology