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Timken Senior High School’s Literacy Goals, Strategies and Action Steps. Timken’s OGT Reading Scores. 10 th grade OGT Reading Scores 2005 70% Proficient 2006 76.7% 2007 74.7% 2008 67% 2009 61%. Literacy Goal Reading.
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Timken Senior High School’s Literacy Goals, Strategies and Action Steps
Timken’s OGT Reading Scores 10th grade OGT Reading Scores • 2005 70% Proficient • 2006 76.7% • 2007 74.7% • 2008 67% • 2009 61%
Literacy GoalReading • To improve on the OGT and local assessments by 5% each year in READING.
Action Steps • Identify struggling-high risk/moderate risk readers. • MAZE Assessment: • Research based comprehension/fluency screener.
Maze Assessment • Comprehension and Fluency Screener.. • Administered to all Timken students.. • Data Results.
How can we improve fluency and comprehension scores? Action Steps.. • Sustained Silent Reading Program (SSR) • Institute an individualized differentiated reading intervention program. • Progress monitor. • Implement Core reading program • Staff Development: • Data Interpretation • Comprehension Strategies Content Areas • District Focus Map & Timken’s Reading Focus Calendar
Sustained Silent Reading Schedule • 15 minutes at the beginning of each class. • Monday: CTE, ARTS, Band, Choir, Phys.Ed. CBI • Tuesday: Math • Wednesday: Science/Health • Thursday: Social Studies • Friday: Language Arts
Research tells us students who read more demonstrate markedly higher achievement. • Students in the top 5% read 144 times more than students in the bottom 5% • Students in private schools read 67% more than public school students. • On national testing, students who scored in the top 25% spent 59% more time reading than do students who score in the bottom 25%
Research Based Reading Intervention • Read Naturally- is a RBI that increases a student’s reading confidence and improves fluency, expression as well as comprehension through repeated practice/direct instruction. • Expository text.. • Push-in model for 9th graders. • 1st 15 minutes of class • Progress monitored • Volunteers ~~~one-on-one instruction.
Staff Development • Late Starts • Staff Meetings • Brown Bag Lunch
Timken High School Cross-Curricular High School Reading Focus Calendar(Incorporating language/literacy strategies into content specific areas that are explicitly & directly taught.)
All School Reads • Thirteen Reasons Why • By Jay Asher
Family Literacy Night • February 25,2010
Teachers’ Goal “We’re trying to help our students establish skills proficient readers use on a subconscious level..