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Looking to Implement Guided Reading Curriculum?If your answer is yes to the question above, then this website is for you!
On this website you will find helpful guidance to assist you in implementing a new Guided Reading Curriculum in an Elementary School. Many teachers have experienced first hand the difficulties and frustrations of implementing a new Guided Reading curriculum without having any assistance or guidance. As with any other component of our teaching, it is imperative that the teacher has a full grasp of the content that will be introduced to the students. This is even more so, when it comes to the implementation of new curriculum. |
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Guided Reading Curriculum Is Necessary!Teachers, are you frustrated with learning how to navigate a new curriculum? You know a strong Guided Reading curriculum is needed, so would you like some guidance to easily maneuver your way through the process?
My Capstone explores the implementation of a new guided reading curriculum. In it you will find links to lesson plans, lesson demos and how-to videos, to tactically implement the new curriculum. After analyzing the data, it is evident that our students are falling behind academically across the board. When I reviewed the Fourth Grade NAEP scores I noticed that only 36% of Fourth graders in the United States were at or above proficient levels in 2015. For the same year, only 28% of Fourth graders in California were at the same benchmark. (www.nationsreportcard.gov). When looking at the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress scores for 2017, I learned that 43.90% of Third Graders in California are at or above proficient levels. In comparison, in my district, the Vacaville Unified School District 40.92% of Third Graders are at the same benchmark. Looking even closer at the Third Graders in my school, there are only 42.86% at or above proficiency levels. In the past few years, in our district, we have focused on providing more direct and targeted reading instruction through small reading intervention groups. Over the years we have continued to make the groups smaller, to the point where we now have only 6 students in each group, on average. We have used various intervention curriculum such as SIPPS and Triumphs, among others. We are now using Okapi Flying Start to Literacy as our intervention curriculum, with the goal of improving students’ scores in Reading Comprehension and Reading Accuracy. I work with small groups of students providing level- specific reading intervention to students who are below grade level. I have noticed that the scores for High Frequency Words and the BPST are showing students success. Yet, they are struggling to use their skills in context and their reading levels are not showing improvement. The knowledge to be gained is quite important in assisting students to be successful through the strategic implementation of Guided Reading and improving educational practice. |
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