ILT Newsletter
Intervention of the Month
DECEMBER 2015
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HIGHLIGHTS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
- Smarty Ants: Reading intervention K-2nd Grade
- Elkonin Boxes: Strategy for phonemic awareness
- ReadWorks: Reading Comprehension Instructional Resources for grades K-12
- Behavior Strategy: Acknowledging Positive Behavior
- Upcoming Trainings: January ILT Trainings
Intervention of the Month
Smarty Ants is an online reading intervention program for students in Pre-K through 2nd grade that targets skills including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and vocabulary. The program begins with an assessment of student skills to place them at the appropriate level within the program.
Learn how to run reports and use the teacher resources for Smarty Ants.
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY OF THE MONTH - Primary Grades
Elkonin boxes build phonological awareness skills by segmenting words into individual sounds, or phonemes. To use Elkonin boxes, a child listens to a word and moves a token into a box for each sound or phoneme. In some cases different colored tokens may be used for consonants and vowels or just for each phoneme in the word.
Instructional Strategy of the Month - Grades K-12
ReadWorks is a leading national non-profit organization that provides FREE, research-based, and Common Core-aligned reading comprehension curriculum. The ReadWorks curriculum is based on the most highly regarded, proven research on reading instruction, and includes:
· Informational and literary passages and question sets for grades K-12
· Skill and Strategy lesson units for grades K-4
· Comprehension units for grades K-5
· Novel study units for grades 5-6
ReadWorks has several great lesson plans, novel study units, and readings passages with questions that have identified target objectives. Many reading passages have vocabulary support, aligned StepReads (passage at lower Lexile level for struggling readers), and clearly identified standards addressed in the passage and questions. The site is also very user-friendly and easy to navigate.
BEHAVIOR STRATEGY OF THE MONTH
- Studies indicate a 5:1 ratio, or, 5 confirmations, praise and approvals for every 1 criticism or disparagement.
January ILT Training Dates
Year-Round ILT Training
January 12
3:15-4:30pm, Guidance Resources Conference Room
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Title 1 ILT Training *ILTs and Title 1 Coordinators
January 19
3:15-4:30pm, Guidance Resources Conference Room
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Traditional ILT Training
January 21
3:15-4:30pm, Guidance Resources Conference Room
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MTSS Intervention Team Training
January 28
8:30-2:30pm, Westwood Training Center MPR
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