2007-08 K-12 Comprehensive Research-Based Reading Plan

evidentiary support. The very act of reading for comprehension can only be fullysatisfied or evaluated if the student can defend or extrapolate in a written form.6. How will all students receive motivating, high-quality, explicit, and systematic readinginstruction according to their needs during the 90-minute uninterrupted reading block?Brevard Public Schools follows a balanced approach during the literacy block.Common Core ELA Standards for Speaking, Listening and Writing are infusedthroughout the 90-minute block. The components of the state approvedMacmillan/McGraw-Hill Reading Treasures core reading program combine to createa dynamic system that can generate success for all students. Whole groupinstruction will focus on exposing all children to on grade level standards throughteacher modeling of instructional strategies in comprehension, vocabulary, orallanguage, phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency.Instructional routines for teaching the six components of reading provide asystematic approach for learning and students are exposed to high quality literatureand writing through shared/interactive reading, guided reading, independent reading,modeled reading, think a l o u d and r e a d a l o u d e x p e r i e n c e s . Teachers usethe Oral Language Vocabulary Cards and Read Aloud Anthology, as well as openendedquestions to model and promote thinking and oral language skills during wholegroup component. The main selection targets comprehension strategies and skills,vocabulary and writing skills. Students are asked to talk about text, read severaltexts on a central theme (non-fiction and fiction) and write and respond to text aspart of the program design. Because it is scientifically researched based and alignedto the state adopted reading and language arts standards, the comprehensive corereading program is the primary instructional tool that teachers use to teach childrento read and to ensure that students meet or exceed grade level standards.The Leveled Readers component of the CCRP is used within the small groupinstructional component of the 90-minute reading block. Guided reading in small,flexible groups with leveled texts will provide daily opportunities for differentiatedinstruction for students. Guided reading lessons focus on areas identified asweaknesses through running records or other assessment data during daily sessions.The leveled readers target the same comprehension and vocabulary skills that areincluded in the regular pupil text, but are written at the student’s instructional level.Teachers supplement with text of various genres and text complexities to deepen tostudents’ understanding of standards as appropriate. Integration of content area textis used to teach text features and structures for enhancing comprehension in allsubjects. Lesson plans and practice pages for each leveled reader provide the teacherwith instructional support, engaging practice activities, and week six of every themeprovides a skill wrap up for reviewing skills taught. Teachers may incorporateportions of their DBQ (Document Based Questioning) lessons during the literacy blockwhen it supports the standards being taught. Schools also have a variety of resourceswithin the core program such as the Leveled Readers: on level, approaching andbeyond grade level, ELL leveled readers, vocabulary decodable readers, flip charts,vocabulary cards, phonics/word study practice books to support the wide range ofstudents’ academic abilities.16 | P a g e