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Goal

Students are increasingly entering our schools at varying levels of literacy. Simultaneously, we are charged with teaching specific grade level standards. A paid subscription to Readtheory.org will help bridge that gap. Because the program is adaptive, it provides passages at the level the student is currently mastering and adjusts as necessary. This can provide much needed differentiation in addition to what classroom teachers already provide. This allows the differentiation to occur while students work independently.

Much of what we do in class is analog, so this will not be just another computer program. This program provides wonderful feedback for teachers, including current Lexile, performance metrics mapped to learning targets, tracks completion rates and quizzes taken, as well as gives benchmark scores. Teachers can use the reports in a variety of ways to serve their students and I plan to incentivize with contests. Not just highlighting the highest achieving readers but those who spend the most time or move up levels or earn what is known as "Knowledge Points" in Read Theory.

40% of the 5th graders are not at grade level as of PM1. With the aid of this program, I intend to reduce that number to 25% at PM2 and 10% by PM3.  

 

Category

Electronics - WCSD Approved Electronics 

 

What will be done with my students

We would begin implementing Read Theory immediately. This will be used in reading rotations or for early finishers. It is highly motivating for students to see what level they are working at and view their personal growth. I love that this program meets them at their current level.  

 

Benefits to my Students

Teachers are increasingly seeing students coming in at a reading deficit and are charged with doing everything in their power to get students to grade level proficiency. Readtheory.org would be another differentiation tool that could really be a difference maker in the lives of the students and teachers. The implementation of the program could potentially level the playing field and allow students to work to their full potential. Not only for struggling readers, but this will also push students who could use a challenge.  

 

Budget Narrative

51 subscriptions would cover the needs for our current 5th grade class. That equals $428.40. With the remaining $71 I will purchase subscriptions for 6th graders in intensive reading.  

 

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