First+Grade+3+R+Study

=Investigating the 3 R's with first grade=

1st Grade Team Meeting Tuesday, December 6, 2011 We will need to share plan with faculty to book out computer labs for this project daily. That means one other grade level will have to share their netbook cart from 9:25 to 10:50 everyday. Maybe we can trade this between grade levels.

**Will formal self-evaluation of oral reading increase fluency and comprehension?**

Need cart from another grade level 9:25-10:50 – Switch between third and fourth grades weekly Experimental groups will be Jill Oemichen and BethAnne Controls will be Patti and Karen

The re-reading, recording, and reflecting will occur daily for 20 minutes from January 9, 2012 to May 11, 2012 · 9:30-10:00 · 10:15-10:45 Process all the kids will use: 1. Read 2. Listen 3. Read again. 4. Record 5. Listen & Reflect – Should I read again? (EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WILL USE THE RUBRIC TO MEASURE THEIR READING – CONTROL WILL NOT USE THE TOOL) 6. Take the quiz If you get a green check go to the next book. If you get a purple check, begin again.

Areas the child-friendly rubric self-assessment tool will measure: · Accuracy · Rate · Expression · Phrasing The rubric self-assessment tool will also provide a spot for the student to identify how many times they read the story.

12.9.11 Parent Letter of Consent

**12.12.11- to Winter Break** All four first grade groups will participate in lessons on the four areas to be measured so all students receive the same instruction on their use. This will be done in one large group in the Ells room everyday between the 12th of December and Winter Break. In Ells room first grade groups will work together so everyone gets the same instruction using the story in the series 15 minutes daily (8:30-8:45) The teachers will model each of the four domains students will do self- assess on demonstrating with three categories of measurement

**First and Second Week in January** First grade teachers will complete running records by Friday, January 6, 2012 to determine Independent levels (96-100 % accuracy for fluency) (95-100% comprehension). These will be done __with Benchmark books__. Fluency Rate or words per minute Accuracy Comprehension The two experimental groups will learn how to use the rubric with their recording the teachers for 20 minutes everyday the week students return from Winter Break.

If it is determined the child IS NOT ready to go to the next reading level, he/she will use books at his/her level in Reading A-Z. They will read, record, and reflect on the iPad and take the corresponding comprehension questions.
 * Running Records ** will be done when students complete a reading level the same way it is done as part of the normal instructional process to determine whether the child is ready to go to the next level. Running records will not be done with benchmark books, but books at the corresponding level __with books from Reading A-Z__. Each of these books has a comprehension assessment.

January 9 - 13 - 4th Grade January 16 - 20 - 2nd Grade January 23 - 27 - 3rd Grade January 30 - February 3 - 4th Grade February 6 - 10 - 2nd Grade February 13 - 17 - 3rd Grade February 20 - 24 - 4th Grade February 27 - March 2 - 2nd Grade March 5 - 9 - 3rd Grade March 12 - 16 - 4th Grade April 2 - 6 - 2nd Grade April 9 - 13 - 3rd Grade April 16 - 20 - 4th Grade April 23 - 27 - 2nd Grade April 30 - May 4 - 3rd Grade May 7 - 11 - 4th Grade
 * Netbook Cart Sign up **

May 11th experiment ends Post Assessment running reading records will be completed the week of May 14th __with Benchmark books__.
 * May **
 * Fluency Rate or words per minute
 * Accuracy
 * Comprehension to measure growth

Nikki will make posters of the reading process used in each classroom without the question for the control groups.