Strategies to Improve Word Decoding Skills in Struggling Readers at PS104
Students at PS104 are facing challenges in decoding new words, impacting their reading abilities. Common mistakes include guessing words, relying solely on pictures, and forgetting to track under each word. Strategies such as phonics programs and cueing systems are being explored to enhance reading skills. Assessing reading benchmarks is crucial to track progress and implement effective interventions for student improvement.
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Learning how to read! Essential question: What skills and strategies can we use to help up become stronger readers? Social problem: Students are struggling to decode new and unfamiliar words at PS104.
Think pair share What strategies do you use to help you decode new and unfamiliar words?
Step 1: defining the social problems Students are struggling to decode new and unfamiliar words What mistakes do you notice yourself or other people making when trying to decode new words? Guessing words
Step 1: defining the social problems Students are struggling to decode new and unfamiliar words What mistakes do you notice yourself or other people making when trying to decode new words? Only looking at pictures and not looking at words. The big rat is sitting.
Step 1: defining the social problems Students are struggling to decode new and unfamiliar words What mistakes do you notice yourself or other people making when trying to decode new words? Forgetting to point under each word
Step 2: Gather the evidence Show a silent thumb up or down to answer the question. Do you struggle with decoding new words?
Step 2: Gather the evidence What strategies does this girl use to read? Words or Pictures? Margaret Goldberg, a teacher and literacy coach in the Oakland Unified School District, and a colleague recorded first-graders talking about what makes them good readers. In this video, Mia, on the left, was in the phonics program. Mia says she's a good reader because she looks at the words and sounds them out. JaBrea, on the right, was taught the cueing system. JaBrea says, "I look at the pictures and I read it." Full story: https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading
Step 2: Gather the evidence Reading benchmarks at PS 104 Spring 2022 Grade K Well Below Below At Above 38 18 12 7 50% 24% 16% 9%
Step 2: Gather the evidence Reading benchmarks at PS 104 Spring 2022 Grade 1 Well Below Below At Above 41 12 18 7 52% 15% 23% 9%
Step 2: Gather the evidence Reading benchmarks at PS 104 Spring 2022 Grade 2 Well Below Below At Above 67 9 5 2 86% 11% 6% 2%
Step 3: identifying causes of the problem Students have been taught reading strategies that teach them to guess words.
Step 4: Evaluate existing public policies Guided reading is the instructional focus at PS 104. Guided reading strategies implemented explicitly teach children to guess words. There is a lack of phonics and decoding instruction in guided reading.
Step 5: Developing public policy solutions Using sound walls to teach all 44 phonemes in the English language.
Step 5: Developing public policy solutions Increasing the amount of instructional time spent on phonemic awareness and phonics.
Step 6: Selecting the best public policy solutions Implementing decoding strategies aligned to the science of reading.
