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Reading Proficiency Now: Open Court Reading Intervention

Hunter Dansby
North Carolina State University: North Carolina Leadership Academy

Why Reading Matters Goals DIBELS Benchmarks


3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 1. 60% of first grade students will end the year
on a level J or better.
4x 13x
24 35 24
...and in
poverty 2. 75% of first grade students will grow at
6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade least six or more TRC letters by the end of
36 34 22 the year.
3. Students will foster a greater confidence in
● Students not proficient in reading by third grade are 4x more and love for reading.
likely to drop out of high school than their proficient peers.
That number increases to 13x if the student lives in poverty.
● Due to reading proficiency numbers across every grade level
Strategies and Implementation Teacher Remarks
at Warsaw Elementary, the urgency to ensure students do not
Strategies “It helps students with
fall behind before third grade was the most pressing reason their sounds as well as
1. Daily verbal practice (individual and learning the correct
for implementing the Open Court Reading Intervention. “Teaching students the different way to spell, especially
collective) of letter sounds and blends.
ways certain letters make certain
sounds depending on the other
now that we are getting
letters around them has helped into harder blends.”
2. Daily spelling practice in student
my students pay closer attention
to the words they are reading. I

What is Open Court Reading?


have heard many of them sound

interactive notebooks. out words only to go back and


correct themselves after seeing
how the word is spelled.”

3. Writing for comprehension three times per


Open Court Reading is a K-6 reading program that has three week using TRC question stems. “Knowing that I had a systematic
approach to teaching foundational

primary parts: reading skills was wonderful. Open Court


provided daily routines where I could

1. Preparing to Read - focuses on phonemic awareness, Implementation “Teaching SPECIAL


plan easily without fear of leaving out any
content for building strong readers.”

sounds and letters, phonics and fluency. 1. Every day SOUNDS for the
more complicated
2. Reading and Responding - emphasizes reading literature 2. 8:00 am - 8:45 am words.”

for understanding, comprehension, and inquiry. 3. All five 1st grade classrooms
3. Language Arts - focuses on writing, spelling, and grammar. 4. 70 students

Logic Model TRC Benchmarks Next Steps


Teachers should continue to use Open Court
to meet individual student needs. Students
made excellent progress in reading fluency
and phonemic awareness as displayed by
their DIBELS growth.

To enrich already fluent readers and increase


their reading comprehension and TRC level, a
*Median Growth from BOY to MOY: 2 levels more consistent, explicit approach to
*Mean Growth from BOY to MOY: 1.67 levels
answering writing prompts will need to be
established and implemented.

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