Staff Development Day
Increasing Effectiveness in Teaching Reading Across the
Curriculum.
Objectives:
Teachers will:
a. Identify classroom
assessments which are useful for determining reading levels and readability
b. Identify exercises
designed to increase phonemic awareness and syllabication for students who have
difficulty reading.
c. Identify fluency and
practice methods useful for increasing fluency.
d. Share and exchange
methods and ideas that have been useful in teaching reading.
Designed by
Dwayne Hess
December, 2006
Staff Development Day (Overview)
Prepared by Dwayne Hess
8:45 a.m. – Coffee and doughnuts
9:00—10:15 Part
One
Introduction: Starting points and prior knowledge.
Opening activity and discussion.
10:30—12:00 Part Two:
Classroom assessments to determine student levels
a.
High-Frequency Phonogram Test
b.
The “Names Test”
c.
Sharing: What other assessments have worked for you?
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00—2:15 Part
3
Including activities for students with dyslexia or other
reading issues in the classroom.
- McWhirter
Exercise
- Wilson
Reading System: phonemic awareness
2:30—3:30 Part 4
Improving Fluency
- What
is Fluency?
- Methods
for Improving Fluency.
c. Closing.
Sources
Gunning, Thomas G. Creating Literacy, 5th ed. Pearson Education, Inc., Boston. 2005.
Mather, Nancy, Janice Sammons, Jonathan Schwartz.
“Adaptations of the Names Test: Easy-to-use phonics assessments.” The
Reading Teacher. Vol 60. 2006.
May, Frank B. and Louis Rizzardi. Reading as Communication 6 ed.
Merrill Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
2002.
McWhirter, Jeff. “Dyslexic Reading Exercise.” See note, part
IV.
Schwanenflugel, Paula J. et al. “Becoming a fluent and
automatic reader in the early elementary school years.” Reading Research
Quarterly. Vol. 41. 2006
Wilson, Barbara A. http://www.wilsonlanguage.com/w_catalog.htm.
2004. (I left the complete information at work! Sorry.)
