Reading Recovery®: Top to Bottom
From the Upper Peninsula to Southern Michigan
September 2019
Reading Recovery Works
Extended Benefits of Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery Connections
by Jeffery Williams
Jeffery Williams, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader and K-12 Literacy Leader from Solon, Ohio explores the MSV myth that often causes debate among literacy professionals.
For Parents
How Reading Recovery Helps Your Child Learn
Learning to read is complex, and it is not uncommon for beginning readers to struggle. Research shows that children have individual learning strengths, and schools offer many alternative programs. We know parents are concerned about the challenges that learning difficulties, including dyslexia, appear to create for children learning to read and write. We want to assure you that Reading Recovery is a powerful first-grade intervention for any struggling learner.
This resource shows parents how Reading Recovery's specially trained teachers individually design and deliver lessons to build on the child's strengths.
For School Administrators
"Phonemic awareness is defined as the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words. Phonics instruction teaches children the relationships between the letters (graphemes) of written language and the individual sounds (phonemes) of spoken language."
For Teachers
What's the Fuss About Phonics and Word Study
Pat Scharer's Spring 2019 article from the Journal of Reading Recovery identifies misunderstandings in literature over time and confirms how Reading Recovery teachers provide instruction in phonemic awareness and word analysis and both reading and writing activities of every lesson.
Bottom Line
Reading Recovery Parent:
"Amazing program with great end results. Our child has become more confident in school reading out-loud to classmates and is encouraged and inspired to learn."
- Blackbird Elementary, Harbor Springs
Reading Recovery Parent:
"Reading Recovery helped my child tremendously when she was struggling. It has had a great impact on her reading, which improved her experience at school in multiple ways."
- Jackson Christian Elementary, Jackson
Classroom Teacher:
"Reading program gold = Reading Recovery!"
- Ezra Eby Elementary, Napoleon
Upcoming Events
Grant Applications
The deadline to apply for a Geri Stone Memorial Fund Grant is THIS Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Download an application. Awards in the amount of $500 - $750 can help fund
- Training of new Reading Recovery teachers, teacher leaders, or university trainers
- Professional development for Reading Recovery teachers
- National Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Conference attendance
- Reading Recovery Council of Michigan conference attendance
- Reading Recovery teachers and/or administrators who need assistance with early literacy advocacy, research, and evaluation
Reading Recovery Council of Michigan 2019 Institute
Reading Recovery Council of North America
Twitter Line Up
RRCNA Learning Library
Must be an RRCNA member to access.
Resources:
- RRCNA - Reading Recovery Council of North America
- RRCM - Reading Recovery Council of Michigan
- IDEC - International Data Evaluation Center
- Literacy Lessons Designed for Individuals 2nd Ed (Clay, 2016)
- An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (Clay, 2013)
- A Principal's Guide to Reading Recovery (RRCNA, 2012)
Information Compiled By Reading Recovery Teacher Leaders:
Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District Reading Recovery Site
Maeghan McCormick
Jackson County Intermediate School District Reading Recovery Site