Reading First: Making Every Minute Count

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Putting the Pieces Together Revised English
Standards of Learning 1995 2002
Crosswalk Revised English Curriculum
Framework Foundation Blocks Reading First
Professional Development
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Revised English Standards of Learning

• Adopted November 20, 2002
• Summary of Major Changes
• In K-8 research strand was integrated into the
  Oral Language, Reading, and Writing strands
• Specific references for fluency were added to the
  standards for second and third grades
• Standards for vocabulary/concept development and
  comprehension strategies were strengthened at all
  grade levels

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Revised English Standards of Learning

• Summary of Major Changes
• In grades 3 through 8 the comprehension standards
  were organized into strategies for fiction and
  strategies for nonfiction.
• In grades 9 through 12 the comprehension/
  analysis standards were organized into strategies
  for literature, informational text, poetry, and
  drama.

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Revised English Standards of Learning

• Summary of Major Changes
• Standards for English Language Proficiency were
  developed and are included in the document at the
  end of the elementary, middle and secondary
  standards
• ELP Standards are aligned with and in some
  instances are the same as the English standards.

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Revised English Curriculum Framework

• Major changes
• Three columns Understanding the
• Standard, Essential Understandings, and
• Essential Knowledge, Skills or Process
• At least a one-to-one correspondence between the
• standards and the information in the second
  and
• third columns
• This summer school divisions should start
• making the transition to the new English
• Standards of Learning.

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Revised English SOL Curriculum Framework and
Crosswalk Distribution

• Print copies of the Standards of Learning and one
  copy of the English Curriculum Framework will be
  sent to school divisions by the end of May
• One CD-ROM with the English Standards of
  Learning, the crosswalk, and the English
  Curriculum Framework in Word and PDF will be sent
  to each school and central office by the end of
  May.

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Revised English SOL Curriculum Framework and
Crosswalk Distribution

• All documents are also available on the
  departments web site in Word and PDF for
  downloading.
• English Standards of Learning
• Crosswalk between 1995 and 2003 English
• Standards of Learning
• English Language Proficiency Standards
• English Curriculum Framework
• Foundation Blocks for Early Learning Guidelines
  for Literacy and Mathematics

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Foundation Blocks for Early Learning
Guidelines for Literacy and Mathematics

• The purpose of this document is to provide
  early childhood educators a set of basic
  guidelines in literacy and mathematics with
  indicators of success for entering kindergarten
  based on
• scientifically based research.

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Foundation Blocks for Early Learning
Guidelines for Literacy and Mathematics

The guidelines reflect a consensus of
childrens conceptual learning, acquisition of
basic knowledge, and participation in meaningful
and relevant learning experiences.
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Literacy Foundation Blocks

• oral expression
• vocabulary
• phonological awareness
• letter knowledge and early word
• recognition
• print and book awareness
• written expression

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Mathematics Foundation Blocks

• number sense
• computation and estimation
• measurement
• geometry
• statistics
• patterns, functions and algebra

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Virginia Reads Every Minute Counts
Virginia
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What Is Reading First?

• Authorized under Title I, Part B, Subpart 1 of
  the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
  2000 (No Child Left Behind).
• Academic cornerstone of No
  Child Left Behind.
• Six-year entitlement grants
  to State Educational
  Agencies (SEA)

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Virginia Reads Every Minute Counts

• Application approved January 2003
• Virginia total first year award 16,900,000
• 13,520,000 for subgrants to LEAs for eligible
  schools
• 3,380,000 for SEA use (20)
• 2,197,000 (65) for professional development
• 845,000 (25) for technical assistance to LEAs
  and schools
• 339,000 (10) for planning, evaluation, and
  administration

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What Is Reading First?

• Part A
• SEA awards competitive subgrants to Local
  Educational Agencies (LEA) for eligible Title I
  schools for K-3 Reading.
• Funding for SEA to provide technical assistance
  to the LEA and schools receiving Reading First
  subgrants.

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What Is Reading First?

• Part B
• Funding for SEA to provide professional
  development for all K-3 teachers, all K-12
  special education teachers and all administrators
  on using Scientifically-Based Reading Research
  (SBRR) and implementing comprehension reading
  programs so all children become successful
  readers, thus leaving no child behind.

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Components of Virginia Reads Every Minute Counts

• Professional Development
• Teacher Reading Academies throughout the six
  years.
• Reading Leadership Training for building and
  central office administrators
• Dissemination of materials to the 35
  colleges/universities with teacher preparation
  programs

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Components of Virginia Reads Every Minute Counts

• VDOE will partner with the University of
  Virginia Curry School of Education, to develop
  and deliver multi-day Teacher Reading Academies
  for all K-3 teachers, all K-12 special education
  teachers, all Title I teachers, all reading
  teachers, and all K-3 building level
  administrators.

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Effective Reading Instruction Modules

• Sharon Vaughn, Team Leader
• Pam Bell Morris, Author
• Martha Smith, Author
• Jeanne Wanzek
• Shirley Dickson
• Marie Elena Arguelies
• Isabel Beck
• Jan Dole
• Barbara Foorman
• Jean Osborn
• Timothy Shanahan
• Deborah Simons

• The University of Texas at Austin,
• College of Education,
• Texas Center for Reading and
• Language Arts
• University of Miami
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Utah
• University of Texas
• Consultant
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Oregon

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For Additional Information
Reading First Web site www.pen.k12.va.us Under
Featured Sites Click on Reading First Linda
Poorbaugh Virginia Department of
Education 804-786-3925 lpoorbau_at_mail.vak12ed.edu