What instructional goal/challenge does your SOS address?
According to the Common Core State Standards my students will be able to:
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Using the iPads and RAZ-Kids, my students have continued opportunities to work with leveled text to increase reading fluency, along with reading comprehension. As a part of my teacher evaluation this year, I'm conducting research in six week periods to measure progress of reading with my students. Having RAZ-Kids and the 1.5 million books available to my students, I believe each child will foster a love for reading as they explore fiction and non-fiction. In addition, they will have a deeper understanding of themes explored in the classroom. One of the most troubling areas for differentiating instruction is with individual reading. Our Language Arts adoption comes with three leveled readers each week, but this only supports a small percentage of the students in my classroom. I'm constantly looking for additional resources to support the needs of students that range from Guided Reading Level A-K at this point in the year. Using RAZ-Kids in conjunction with fluency mini-lessons on Educreations and Nearpod, I'm able to easily facilitate focused instruction to all students.
Providing each individual with a weekly timed fluency passage I'm able to track progress with data and reports from RAZ-Kids. Having this resource allows me to send home targeted readers for parents to support their students as part of their nightly homework. In Kindergarten, our homework policy is to read twenty minutes a night, complete reading studies and play. By working on the fluency folder, students practice letter/sound recognition, Snap Words and Lucky Listener: fluency passage. When used in conjunction with the appropriate, on level text, students are apply to become confident in their reading as they challenge themselves to read more.
What additional value does the integration of digital media bring to your idea in terms of students’ understanding of the concept or topic?
Through the integration of digital media, students are able to access content never before possible. Our classroom library has outgrown our school library in diverse content in fiction and non-fiction. They are excited to read thematic books that match our current learning, but explore personal interests. Using the weekly schedule of targeted instruction, students are able to become brave readers. The foundation they have in phonemic awareness will not only benefit their reading, but their writing. As they learn their Snap Words and the conventions of writing they will certainly improve the speed by which they read.
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