1. Keep ‘Em Reading! (Grant Award) Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA lesterk@howellschools.com School Library Media Specialist Three Fires MS

2. Three Fires Middle School Grades 6 – 8 878 students approx 17% SE Teams (Core) Encore Classes 50 Teachers

3. Howell Reading Apprenticeship 2009-2010 20 Teachers @ TFMS Trained in Reading Apprenticeship Program Some Students Take SRI Test 2010-2011 All Teachers @ TFMS Trained All Students Take SRI Test

5. all SE tested

6. 1 class per RA teacher- 232 students below proficient

7. Purchase High-Interest Low-Level Books For Students Reading Below Grade Level Will be used during Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) component of the Reading Apprenticeship Program Will be using the SRI Test to monitor student reading scores Grant Award From MAMSE

8. Support Adolescent Readers in the Content Areas Focus on comprehension and metacognitive conversation A climate of collaboration An emphasis on student independence Overview of Reading Apprenticeship©

9. Overview of Reading Apprenticeship©

10. Metacognition Thinking about Thinking Thinking about thinking and thinking about reading gives us access to our own reading processes

11. Strategies Develop list of “Good Readers Tool Kit” with your class for your content area

12. Pillars of Reading Apprenticeship© Metacognitive Conversation Extensive Reading

13. Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) An instructional practice with the goal of increasing student reading ability as well as showing value of reading and creating life-long readers.

14. Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) Typically: Self – selected books Not graded Does not include assigned work Reading is valuable in itself

15. Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) Builds: Stamina Fluency Motivation Comprehension Vocabulary

16. Student Choice Builds: Motivation Knowledge of authors, genres, topics Identity as a reader

17. Accountability Keep Simple Support to Motivate Students Can embed in social dimension

18. How is it going? Teams coordinating on SSR Increased visits to library Peer recommendations best

19. SRI Scores – 2010/2011 Sept 2010 Feb 2011

20. “The single factor most strongly associated with reading achievement – more than socioeconomic status or any instructional approach – is independent reading” -- Stephen Krashen, The Power of Reading

21. “The average higher-achieving students read approximately three times as much a week as their lower-achieving classmates, not including out of school reading.” -- Richard Allington, What Works for Struggling Readers

22. “Books in the home as important as parents’ education level in determining level of education children will attain.” -- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2010

23. Students from 17 high-poverty schools, who received 12 free books (they chose) to read for three consecutive summers, had significantly higher reading scores and experienced less of a summer slide. -- Allington, 2010

24. Resources WestEd Strategic Literacy Initiative Reading Apprenticeship Program http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/pj/179 Adolescent Literacy http://www.adlit.org/ Metacognitive Strategies http://www.benchmarkeducation.com/educational-leader/reading/metacognitive-strategies.html Reading Next http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/reports/reading_next

25. Contact Information Kathy Lester lesterk@howellschools.com 517-540-8395

26. Resources The Book Whisperer By Donalyn Miller Readicide By Kelly Gallagher Reading Reasons By Kelly Gallagher What Works for Struggling Readers By Richard Allington The Power of Reading By Stephen Krashen