TLC
means Teaching for
Literacy Competency. It is a one to one ratio for approximately
45 minutes. The teachers involved with helping students are
Marci Stiles, Gloria Krol, Carol Mottes, Karen Kelly, Vicki
Quagliaroli, Cheryl Toney,
and Janice Gowdy. The student works with the teacher
reading
a familiar book, a new book, the teacher does a running record, and
works
with the start book. The start book is made up of pages of words
with
similar vowel sounds, digraph, or endings. The student also comes
up with a sentence to go along with the new book. The child
writes
the sentence the best that he/she can. The teacher goes over the
sentence
spelling and practices one misspelled word. The teacher writes
the
sentence correctly and cuts the sentence up. The child puts the
sentence
in order and glues it on his/her page. This is a wonderful
program
that really helps to build a child's confidence and well as teach them
many
helpful strategies to use in reading on their own.
Fundations is a 30 minute program taught in small groups. This is a step by step phonetic program that teaches letter sounds, blending sounds, and sounds of digraphs and blends. The students learn a letter, a symbol, and the sound of the letter. This helps the child when he/she is writing on his/her own. The program also teaches tapping out the sounds and letters. It helps to give them a good strategy to help when they are reading on their own.
Read Naturally is a program to help youngsters that are reading but are reading slowly. In this program students work on their own in groups of two to four. The student has his/her own CD player. The child chooses a story to read. He/she listens to the key words in the story and then stops the CD player. The child times himself/herself in a cold reading of the story and graphs the score on the paper. Next the student listens to the CD story three times. Then he/she practices reading the story on his/her own using a timer. He/she then asks the teacher to listen as he/she reads the story. Each child has their own goal to meet. Finally the student answers questions about the story. It really builds confidence and increases fluencey. This helps to improve comprehension.
Great Leaps is a one minute practice page. The teacher finds a student is having difficulty with a particular vowel sound. The teacher pulls a page from the Great Leaps book to with words with that particular vowel sound. The teacher and the child go over the words quickly. Next the teacher sets a timer for one minute and the student reads the words for one minute while the teacher checks to see if the child makes any errors. The teacher goes over any errors with the child and the child takes the paper home to practice. The next day the teacher goes over that page again with the child, the child is timed and usually improves. If needed another page of the same vowel is used or a new letter or vowel sound is used. The child sees the teacher every day for about 2 minutes.
Bonnie Kline is very similar to Great Leaps but a step up because it is very short stories with similar sounds and/or vowels. Again this is timed for one minute. The student and teacher go over the story, the story is timed. The child takes the story home to practice. The next day the child is timed as he/she reads the same story. The child is improving his/her fluency and vocabulary.
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Fundations is a 30 minute program taught in small groups. This is a step by step phonetic program that teaches letter sounds, blending sounds, and sounds of digraphs and blends. The students learn a letter, a symbol, and the sound of the letter. This helps the child when he/she is writing on his/her own. The program also teaches tapping out the sounds and letters. It helps to give them a good strategy to help when they are reading on their own.
Read Naturally is a program to help youngsters that are reading but are reading slowly. In this program students work on their own in groups of two to four. The student has his/her own CD player. The child chooses a story to read. He/she listens to the key words in the story and then stops the CD player. The child times himself/herself in a cold reading of the story and graphs the score on the paper. Next the student listens to the CD story three times. Then he/she practices reading the story on his/her own using a timer. He/she then asks the teacher to listen as he/she reads the story. Each child has their own goal to meet. Finally the student answers questions about the story. It really builds confidence and increases fluencey. This helps to improve comprehension.
Great Leaps is a one minute practice page. The teacher finds a student is having difficulty with a particular vowel sound. The teacher pulls a page from the Great Leaps book to with words with that particular vowel sound. The teacher and the child go over the words quickly. Next the teacher sets a timer for one minute and the student reads the words for one minute while the teacher checks to see if the child makes any errors. The teacher goes over any errors with the child and the child takes the paper home to practice. The next day the teacher goes over that page again with the child, the child is timed and usually improves. If needed another page of the same vowel is used or a new letter or vowel sound is used. The child sees the teacher every day for about 2 minutes.
Bonnie Kline is very similar to Great Leaps but a step up because it is very short stories with similar sounds and/or vowels. Again this is timed for one minute. The student and teacher go over the story, the story is timed. The child takes the story home to practice. The next day the child is timed as he/she reads the same story. The child is improving his/her fluency and vocabulary.
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