The Idaho State Department of Education Presents

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• The Idaho State Department of Education Presents
• ELLA
• Early Learning Literacy Activities
• This program is designed to support the most
  important early reading skills all children need
  to know by involving parents, teachers, and
  children in hands-on lessons parents will learn
  how to provide for their children at-home.

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Welcome!Thank You for Supporting Your Childs
Reading Success in School
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Knowledge of the Importance of the Reading
Process

• For your own personal knowledge to provide you a
  foundation to build your understanding of the
  reading process
• To make it clear why your support can make such a
  difference in your childs ability to read

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Reading Instruction is a National Priority

• Reading ability is essential for future success
• Too many students nationally are not proficient
  in reading (NAEP)
• Good News This problem is preventable!
• -early prevention (Pre-k, K, and 1st)
• -using research-based instruction

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Learning to Read is Not Like Learning to Talk

• We are biologically wired to learn to talk
• Reading and writing has to be learned
• 25 of the U.S. population hasnt learned to read
  fluently
• Speech comes between 12-24 months reading begins
  around 5/6 years and takes several years

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Big Five of Reading Instruction

• Phonemic Awareness- relationships between our
  speech sound being related to letters in the
  alphabet
• Phonics- decoding, spelling, word recognition
• Vocabulary- word meanings
• Comprehension-understanding the text
• Fluency-automatic with skills, easily decodes,
  and can mean reading rate (Reads as if talking to
  a friend.)
• All skills are important as they wind together!

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Ways to Monitor Student Reading Skills

• Classroom performance
• Teacher observation
• Classroom assessments
• Curriculum assessments and screeners
• Diagnostic evaluations
• Student created work
• Universal screener- Idaho Reading Indicator

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Idaho Reading Indicator (IRI)

• The Idaho Reading Indicator is a result of Idaho
  Code 33-1614 (enacted Spring, 1999) which states
  that In continuing recognition of the critical
  importance of reading skillsall public school
  student skills will be assessedby a single
  statewide test

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Purpose of the IRI

• To have a K-3 assessment that will provide the
  necessary interventions to sustain or improve the
  students reading skills.

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What type of test is the IRI and what skills are
assessed?

• The IRI is a 10 minute or less indicator assessed
  by trained test administrators
• An indicator or screener that will identify
  students that may be at risk for reading failure

• SKILLS -
• Kindergarten 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades
• Reading readiness Fluency
• Phonological Awareness Accuracy of the students
  reading

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Subtests of the IRI

• Kindergarten
• Fall
• Letter Naming Fluency
• Letter Sound Fluency
• Winter
• Letter Naming Fluency
• Letter Sound Fluency
• Spring
• Letter Naming Fluency
• Letter Sound Fluency

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Subtests continued

• 1st Grade
• Fall
• Letter Sound Fluency
• Reading Curriculum Based Measure
• Winter
• Letter Sound Fluency
• Reading Curriculum Based Measure
• Spring
• Letter Sound Fluency
• Reading Curriculum Based Measure

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Subtests continued

• 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade
• Fall
• Reading Curriculum Based Measure
• Winter
• Reading Curriculum Based Measure
• Spring
• Reading Curriculum Based Measure

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What happens with the scores?

• Scores are reported (by school or district) to
  AIMSweb which is then exported and sent to the
  State Department of Education
• Scores are available for schools, teachers, and
  parents on AIMSWeb
• Once the export is complete the data is posted on
  the Idaho State Department of Educations
  website
• Children not performing at grade level will take
  part in possible diagnostic tests to determine
  next steps and interventions
• Instruction in specific skills may be necessary
• Monitoring of student progress takes place

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Parental Involvement

• Parents can be partners with their childs school
  in working on important reading skills
• This Reading Event will provide parents with
  hands-on activities to use at home to strengthen
  student reading skills
• Kindergarten is a perfect time to start or
  continue to learn important reading activities to
  do with your child

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Best wishes on a successful school year!
Information in this document was from the
following text Module 1 The Challenge of
Learning to Read Series Language Essential for
Teachers of Reading Spelling, Louisa C. Moats, Ed
D. Written by Jenny Fisk, Reading Coordinator