1. RTI & Our Journey With Spelling
Annette A. Pawlas, M.A.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Michael McCoy, B.A.
2nd Grade Teacher

2. WHO ARE WE?

3. 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

4. Our School Westview Elementary
Students
Free and Reduced lunch
ELL
Special Education
Built in 1968
Located in Northglenn,Co
Adams12 School District

5. How our Journey Started
District Benchmark -Phonological Analysis Literacy Screening (PALS)
Spell To Excel (District Program)
AIMS- Spelling CBM

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. Information about AIMS WEB
Spelling (CLS)
Reading/Writing
Fee based
Scoring the spelling section

9. Result of First Benchmark Sept. 2009

10. How We Proceeded Digraphs - Following 1st Benchmark Vowel Circle
Sound Segmentation

11. Other Word Lists and Scoring

12. Mid Year Benchmark Data Dec. 2009

13. You Try It

14. Final Benchmark Data May 2010

15. Next Steps

16. 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.

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