1. North Grove Fall 2013 READING CLUB PARENT MEETING

2.  Dr. Wendy Kruger, Director of Curriculum  Marcy Buergler, Assistant Director for Curriculum and Special Services  Brian Proctor, Principal  Ron Siner, Assistant to the Principal  Haley Smith, Title I Teacher  Katie Booker, Title I Instructor  Tiffany Robinson, Title I Instructor  Allison Munn, Title I Instructor PROGRAM SUPPORT & STAFF

3. TONIGHT’S BREAK-OUT SESSIONS:  What is Reading Club? (Media Center)  Literacy Strategies: Promoting reading at home (Reading Club Room – Room 32)  Data in Reading Club : An explanation of the scores your child receives while in Reading Club (Art Room)

4.  Breakout 1  Grade 1 – Reading Club Room (Room 32)  Grades 2 & 3 – Media Center  Grades 4 & 5 – Art Room  Breakout 2  Grade 1 – Art Room  Grades 2 & 3 – Reading Club Room (Room 32)  Grades 4 & 5 – Media Center  Breakout 3  Grade 1 - Media Center  Grades 2 & 3 – Art Room  Grades 4 & 5 – Reading Club Room (Room 32)  Conclusion  Exit Slip in final breakout  Resource to take home AGENDA

5. North Grove Fall 2013 MR. PROCTOR MEDIA CENTER What is Reading Club?

6.  What is Reading Club?  What to expect while your child is in the program READING CLUB

7.  Reading Club (Title I) is a federally funded program to provide supplemental reading instruction.  Title I funding provides extra resources and academic support to students in kindergarten through 5 th grade. WHAT IS READING CLUB?

8. TITLE I IN THE DISTRICT  Funding is based on the number of students in the district who qualify for Free/Reduced lunch.  3 of our 5 elementary schools provide Title I services. Each Center Grove school chooses which grades to target for supplemental reading instruction.

9.  Instruction in all areas of reading:  Comprehension  Vocabulary  Phonics  Phonemic Awareness  Fluency  Small group 30 minutes daily (LLI)  Set reading goals  Monitor and assess growth  Collaboration with classroom teacher SERVICES PROVIDED

10.  AIMSweb: District’s universal screener and progress monitoring tool for students in grades K-8.  Progress monitoring frequency : Every other week  Email updates: Progress monitor updates will be sent to email addresses submitted to Miss Smith or to email addresses listed on Skyward.  If you wish to provide a different email address, please feel free to include it on your exit slip tonight. PROGRESS MONITORING

11.  How long do students stay in the program? Each child's learning progresses at a different rate. A child may stay in the program 6 weeks, one semester, an entire academic year, or remain in the program for several years.  What is the exiting criteria?  At least 7 weeks in the program  Child’s rate of improvement meets or exceeds the target rate of improvement. WHEN & HOW DO STUDENTS EXIT?

12.  Attend Title I meetings and events  Participate in conferences with teachers  Use activities at home to help strengthen your child’s reading skills  http://www.readwritethink.org/ http://www.readwritethink.org/  http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents/ http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents/  Reading resource to take home (Receiving tonight!) INVOLVEMENT

13.  An agreement between you, your child, and the Title I staff  If you have not signed the parent compact, please do so and leave it on the table. Thank you! PARENT COMPACT

14. QUESTIONS?

15. THANK YOU! Please complete an exit slip in your final breakout. We look forward to a successful year!