1. HANDOUTS FOR SUPPORTING AT-RISK PRIMARY STUDENTS & CREATING A CULTURE OF LITERACY: A JOURNEY Kristi Franseen Jill Grove, M.A., M. Ed. Poplar Grove Elementary School Poplar Grove, IL

2. HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY THE NEEDIEST STUDENTS?  AIMSweb not so helpful (or appropriate?) at the beginning of kindergarten  ISEL (Illinois Snapshots of Early Learning)  Not timed  7 “Snapshots”  Normed: select those at 20 th percentile or below  State-developed www.isbe.net/grants/reading/html/isel.htm  We selected 4 ISEL snapshots in the interest of time  Letter Names, Letter Sounds, 1-1 Match, Initial Sound Matching

3. LINKS TO CORE CURRICULUM Making Meaning - https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/making-meaninghttps://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/making-meaning Being a Writer - https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/being-a-writer (Center for the Collaborative Classroom)https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/being-a-writer Literacy Resources, Inc. – Phonemic Awareness- Pre-School through 1 st Grade by Michael Heggerty http://www.literacyresourcesinc.com/phonemic-awareness-revised-english- kindergarten-curriculum/ http://www.literacyresourcesinc.com/store/curriculum/ Math journals - http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/math-journals.html (K-5 Math Teaching Resources)http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/math-journals.html Jolly Phonics- www.beereading.comwww.beereading.com I Can Read Sight Words- www.icanreadsongs.orgwww.icanreadsongs.org

4. GUARD RAILS FOR STAYING ON THE ROAD Phonemic awareness—Heggerty Phonics—Jolly Phonics Comprehension—Making Meaning, Guided Reading Vocabulary—Making Meaning Vocabulary Fluency—I Can Read Sight Words, Guided Reading The Five Pillars of Reading

5. RESULTS AT THE END OF KINDERGARTEN 2013-20142014-2015 GR level aa0%GR level aa2% GR level A4%GR level A2% GR level B7%GR level B4% GR level C7%GR level C10% GR level D33%GR level D12% GR level E22%GR level E22% GR level F or above 26%GR level F or above 47% In both years, the percentage of kindergarten students ending the year at level D or above was 81%.

6. RESULTS AT THE END OF KINDERGARTEN 2013-2014 AIMSWEB LSF 2014-2015 PGE average in May AIMSweb’s Target for K Letter Sound Fluency: Number of letter sounds correctly produced in 60 seconds PGE average in May AIMSweb’s Target for K 4733 while looking at a random list of letters 44*33 *includes our aa reader who read 1 sound correctly in 60 seconds

7. One School, Once Book – www.readtothem.orgwww.readtothem.org Little Free Library – www.littlefreelibrary.orgwww.littlefreelibrary.org First 20 Days - http://faculty.nipissingu.ca/nancym/EDUC4454/Han douts/the-first-twenty-days--pj-methods.pdf http://faculty.nipissingu.ca/nancym/EDUC4454/Han douts/the-first-twenty-days--pj-methods.pdf World Read Aloud Day- www.litworld.org/wrad/ Illinois Reads- Illinoisreads.org Summer Reading: Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap- Richard Allington & Anne McGill-Franzen Creating a Culture of Literacy

8. CONTACT INFORMATION RSAC website for handouts jgrove@nbcusd.org kfranseen@nbcusd.org