•                        Assessments

     DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)
    Your child will be tested several times throughout the school year to determine their literacy skills and monitor progress.
    The areas tested are:
    PSF - Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (saying the sounds they hear in a word)
    NWF - Nonsense Word Fluency (reading nonsense words)
    ORF - Oral Reading Fluency (counts the number of words read accurately in one minute)

    Into Reading Assessments: Comprehension and Phonics
    At the end of each 6 day cycle, your child will be tested on their ability to read words based on the phonics skill we've been practicing (ex: words with a short a sound), high-frequency words of the week and read a story and respond to comprehension questions related to that cycles' skills. 
    Students will also be given a phonics assessment where students will be asked to write 5-6 words from our phonics skill, 4-5 HFW, and 1-2 dictated sentence(s). 
     
    Words Their Way Spelling Inventory
    Students will have daily sorts that align with our weekly  phonics pattern.  3 times throughout the year, they will be given the inventory to see how they are progressing with their spelling and to better inform my instruction.     

                                                                                                                                      

                                 Curriculum

    Language Arts:
    Into Reading- District adopted Language Arts curriculum
     In my classroom I will be using our Into Reading/Writing to meet all of the ELA Common Core Standards. 

    Literacy Centers 
    -Read to Self 
    Students will have the opportunity to read books that are at their individual DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) level, books that relate to the theme of the week, or one that they checked out from the school library. This helps students gain confidence and enhances their reading ability.
    -Read to Someone 
    Students will read leveled books,  classroom library books, fluency passages, and/or stories from their myBook  aloud with a partner to build fluency.
    -Listen to Reading 
    Students will use their chromebooks to access IXL where students work on reading skills at their level.
    -Word Work
    During center time, the students will use their words to do a variety of activities such as sorting by spelling pattern, word hunts, and word building. Students will also work with letter tiles to create words, practice the phonics skills of the week and high-frequency words that correlate with Into Reading.
    -Work on Writing 
    Students will respond to a prompt and write their response in their journals. 
    -Small Groups
    While the students are at their literacy centers, also known as outside circle time, I will be running small reading groups and having individual conferences with students. I will meet with up to four students at a time to work on the 5 areas of reading: Vocabulary, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Comprehension and Fluency. These reading groups will help me provide more individualized instruction to help meet the needs of all of my students. 

    Social Studies
    McGraw Hill Impact SS - District adopted Social Studies curriculum

    The students will be diving into the following Units this year:
    1. Being a Good Citizen  2. Our Community  3. Past and Present                                                                            4. Celebrating America   5. People and Money