Tips on Your First Three Weeks

WEEK ONE Enroll in SAM (Scholastic Achievement Manager) Make sure that the READ 180 Software is loaded on your computers. Add your students to SAM and enroll them in SRI, READ 180, and Scholastic Reading Counts!

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• Open Your READ 180 QuickStart Kit to help set up your classroom.
• Post labels and procedures for each small-group rotation area.
• Set up an organizational system for handouts that will be used frequently.

Begin Planning

• Open the blue READ 180 teacher crate and begin planning Whole- and Small-Group Instruction using the rBook Teacher’s Edition.
• Create calendar for SRI administration.
• Review student selection criteria in order to know the measures used at the end of the year.

Introduce the Program

• Introduce the Instructional Model to students using the Instructional Model poster.
• Introduce the READ 180 Topic Software to students one zone a day using the demo disc.
• Encourage students to get excited about the Paperbacks by doing a “Book Pass.”

Tips From Noelle: Week One Take inventory of your READ 180 materials. Save your database onto a backup flash card or CD-ROM.

WEEK TWO

Administer SRI

• Administer the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) to each student.

Practice Routines

• Teach procedures for each area.
• Have students practice rotating from one area of the classroom to another using the timer.
• Model and practice key Red Routines (e.g., Think (Write)-Pair-Share, Oral Cloze).

Select Books

• Guide students to select books for Modeled and Independent Reading based on their Lexile levels and interests.

Send Letters Home

• Send parent letters home to introduce READ 180.

Tips From Noelle: Week Two While enrolling students in the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI), be sure to “target them as either a below grade level or far below grade level reader.

WEEK THREE

Check a Report

• Check the SRI Intervention Report and the SRI Reading Performance Report.
• Review students’ initial Lexile scores.

Form Small Groups

• Using SRI reports, consider Lexile levels and management concerns to create your initial small groups.
• Post and review the Rotation Chart.

Begin Software

• Have students begin using the READ 180 Topic Software.
• Check in with students as they work in the Instructional Software area.

Start a Workshop

• Begin teaching rBook Workshop 1 during Whole- and Small-Group Instruction.

Tips From Noelle: Week Three Make sure your headphones and microphones are in excellent condition. The audio and recording quality can affect your students’ use of the program.

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