3rd Grade Researched Based Instruction Mary Morem The type of instruction is practice of repeated reading of informational texts.

. Research shows again and again how important repeated reading is. The theory goes along with READ NATURALLY. We read the piece as a small group then they practice reading aloud to a partner three more times and finally out loud to me. They also have 5 comprehension skill questions to answer about the selection. These are to be answered and compare the results with a peer before they meet with me. These are also leveled pieces. I have 9 different levels of selections each week if needed. (Differentiated instruction) Each week I adjust based on their performance, which I record. They have showed great strides. In my NWEA data all of my students grew in the informational text portion of the test. I only had one out of my 19 who did not. The cool thing is that my really high kids grew a ton even though that was not the intended target. Fall (3rd Grade) Winter (3rd Grade) RIT Change 170 173 3 173 178 5 181 185 5 179 195 16 179 197 18 180 190 10 188 204 16 189 195 6 190 195 5 193 208 15 196 200 4 197 199 2 200 201 1 205 210 5 206 216 10 209 219 10 201 196 Minus 5 204 213 9

Column1 Column2 Average Change +7.5 Expected Growth +9.3