SOAR IMPROVES READING LEVELS

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SOAR IMPROVES READING LEVELS

• Dorothy H. OQuinn

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What is SOAR?

• A reading intervention program that stops or
  prevents failure.
• A reading intervention program for students from
  grades three to eight.
• A program used in conjunction with reading and
  language arts.

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Purpose of SOAR

• SOAR is designed to accelerate learning of
  students experiencing difficulty.

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SOAR TO SUCCESS

• Small group intervention program (5-7 students)
• SOAR uses
  
  
  Authentic Literature
  
  Reciprocal Teaching
  
  Graphic
  Organizers

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Students read high interest books.
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Strategies for Success
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Clarify Phonics
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Predict

• When I predict, I use what I have read or the
  pictures to tell what will happen next or what I
  will learn.

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Question

• When I question, I think of a question for my
  classmates that can be answered using the text we
  read that day.

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Summarize

• When I summarize, I state in my own words the
  important things I have just read.

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Progress of Duncan Elementary Third Grade SOAR
Students
2.8
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Grade Levels
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Third Grade Soar Students Reading on Grade-Level
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Progress of Duncan Elementary Fourth Grade SOAR
Students
4.5
1.1
Grade Levels
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Fourth Grade Soar Students Reading on
Grade-Level
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Resources

• Arttoday.com
• Boschken,I.,McWilliams, J., Pistachinio, L.
  (1999). SOAR TO Success The Intermediate
  Intervention Program Teachers Manual Level 4.
  Boston Houghton Mifflin.

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I love to read!

• No skill is more crucial to the future of a
  child, or to a democratic and prosperous society,
  than literacy. - Los Angeles Times