Comprehensive Core Reading Program

Comprehensive Core Reading Program

Reading Street

By: Abbey Walker, Sally Tinkham, Courtney Vitale, Christine Ocasio, Alyssa Doucett, Patsy Chung

Introduction

Focus on Reading Street by Scott Foresman

• Basals use a systematic approach
• Students are taught to say individual sounds and blend them
• In order to be more integrated
• Basals also involve spelling, grammar, oral language, listening and vocabulary components
• They have materials for average, above-average, below-average readers and ELLs
• The materials will still have the same topics, vocabulary and strategies

• A basal/anthology reading program
• It includes readers and anthology and supplementary materials that gradually increase in:
• Difficulty
• Teachers' manuals
• Workbooks
• Assessments
• A series of stepping stones drills with gradually difficult exercise

Introduction

• There are four basal reading programs:
• Harcourt
• Macmillan/McGraw Hill
• Scott Foresman
• Open Court

Harcourt

• K - 6th grade
• ELL
• "Robust Vocabulary"
• Common Core

• Technology
• Spanish
• Assessment
• Instruction tools

Scott Foresman

• K-6
• "New Literacy"
• Technology
• Assessment
• ELL
• Common Core

Macmillan/McGraw Hill

Open Court

• Pre-K to K / K-6
• Word Study - sorting
• Technology
• ELL
• Assessment
• Common Core

• Unique
• "Scripted program"
• Word Analysis
• 5 Components of Reading
• ELL
• Instructional Support

Bibliography

Pros

Five Critical Components

A Reading Street/Scott Foresman Lesson

• Meets student's needs
• State standards
• Consistent
• Adaptable
• Research Based

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. "Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures Reading." Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.

McGraw-Hill. "Open Court Reading." Open Court Reading. N.p., 2015. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.

Reutzel, D., Child, A., Jones, C., & Clark, S., (2014). "Explicit Instruction in Core Reading Programs" The Elementary School Journal, 114(3), 406-430.

Scott Foresman. "Reading Street Common Core." Pearson. Pearson, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.

Wright, T., & Neuman, B., (2013). "Vocabulary Instruction in Commonly Used Kindergarten Core Reading Curricula" The Elementary School Journal, 113(3) 386-408.

Adams, M. J. (1990) Beginning to read: Thinking and learning about print (summary). Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

Dewitz, P., Jones, J., & Leahy, S.. (2009). Comprehension Strategy Instruction in Core Reading Programs. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(2), 102–126.

Gunning, T., & Gunning, T. (2005). Creating literacy instruction for all students (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

"Houghton Mifflin Reading." Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2015.

"How Can Teachers Increase Student Reading Success in Early Grades?" The Irisi Center. IRIS, 2015. Web. 05 Dec. 2015.

Met!

However...

• Fluency isn't integrated until first grade
• Phonemic awareness becomes less of a focus after second grade
• Phonics instruction does not line up with readings
• Five components not taught explicitly-need more guided practice

Cons

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• Not interesting
• Tiering methods aren't always good
• Pacing
• In order to to make a good program, it will most likely need to be adapted by the teacher

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