Supported by: Federally Funded Title I / Reading Recovery Programs

This presentation created by Rhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson

Our Goal at

Ruth Mercer Elementary School is for

every child to be reading proficient

or advanced by the end of second grade.

KindergartenReading Grade Level

Expectations

Winter DRA2 Score of Level 1 or above

SpringDRA2 Score of 3 or above

Ruth Mercer Elementary Title I EducatorsRhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson

Kindergarten

23 Students were served in Title I

By the end of Kindergarten 87% of the students were reading

Proficient or Advanced as scored by the DRA2 Reading Assessment.

1st GradeReading Grade Level

Expectations

FallDRA2 Score of Level 3 or above

SpringDRA2 Score of 16 or above

1st Grade

36 Students were served in Title I22 Students were served in Reading Recovery

By the end of First Grade 49% of the students were reading Proficient or Advanced as

scored by the DRA2 Reading Assessment.

2ndGradeReading Grade Level

Expectations

FallDRA2 Score of Level 16 or above

SpringDRA2 Score of 24 or above

Ruth Mercer Elementary Title I EducatorsRhonda Reedy and Shelly Paxson

2nd Grade

22 Students were served in Title I

By the end of Second Grade 60% of the students were reading Proficient or Advanced as scored by the DRA2 Reading Assessment.

Providing Professional Books to Keep Teachers on

the Cutting Edge of Research

Missouri Reading InitiativeProviding Teacher Support

Teaching Reading and Writing

Mrs. Becky GarstMRI Coach

Missouri Reading InitiativeProviding Teacher Support

Teaching Reading and Writing

Collection and Analysis of Dataand Resources

Reading and Writing Instruction and Independent Practice

Reading and Writing Instruction and Independent Practice

Reading and Writing Instruction and Independent Practice

Reading and Writing Instruction and Independent Practice

Reading and Writing Student Tracking Analysis

Provides Cross-Curricular Support

Allows the teaching of

Science and Social Studies

at a “just right” level of reading,

understanding, and comprehension

for

individualized instruction.

Reading Recovery InstructionIndividualized Reading Instruction 1st Grade

First Grade One-on-One Instruction for 30 Minutes

Five Days a WeekTeaches Five Essential

Components of ReadingPhonemic awarenessPhonicsVocabulary developmentComprehensionFluency

Maintain and Update Guided Reading Resource Room

Provide Student Resources

Developed Internet Resource rmereading.wikispaces.com

Please check it out!

Developed Strategy BrochureIt’s Not Just

Sounding It Out Anymore

Assisted in Organization ofDr. Seuss Reading Week

Assisted in Organization ofDr. Seuss Reading Week

Organized Book Fair for R.M.E.

Organized Book Fair for R.M.E.

Organized Book Fair for R.M.E.Your overwhelming support

of the Book Fair allowed Ruth Mercer Elementary School

to:Give every student at R.M.E. a

book at no cost to the student.Purchase over 400 books for

student use in the classroom.

Title I Family Literacy Night

Title I Family Literacy Night

Title I Family Literacy Night

Title I Family Literacy Night

Thank you for sharing your

children with us

andtaking time to be a part of our CELEBRATION!