Buddy Reading Program

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Buddy Reading Program

• Sunset Elementary School
• November 7, 2007
• Marlem Diaz-Brown
• Reading Coach

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The Big Five

• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Fluency
• Comprehension

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Reading Instruction isData Driven

• Assessments used
• Screening
• - FCAT - Grades 3 5
• - SAT - Grade 2
• Progress Monitoring
• - DIBELS K-5
• Diagnostic
• - Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR)
• Only for students not making progress in
• intervention and for whom more information is
• necessary to calibrate instruction

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Framework for Buddy Reader Guidelines

• Create a supportive, safe environment. The
  student should know that making mistakes is all
  right, and that you are there to help, not to
  judge.
• Try to keep your schedule. Students and teachers
  are expecting you. If you cant make it, please
  call the teacher the day before or email her/him.
• Be a Learning Partner. Take turns reading
  portions of the selections. By doing this, you
  will show the student that you are in this
  together.
• Be patient. Beginners need time to figure out
  new skills. Do not be too quick to correct a
  mistake. Give the student a chance to discover
  first.

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Framework for Buddy Reader Guidelines continued

• Be friendly and warm, but firm. You must be in
  charge and follow school rules.
• Feel free to reward hard work and success with
  praise. Be positive at all times.
• Do not ask the students what he/she would like to
  do give him/her choices about the activities you
  have planned.
• Be relaxed and dont worry about making mistakes.
• Seek help from the classroom teacher and/or
  Reading Coordinator when you have questions or
  problems.

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Supported Reading Strategies

• How to Help Students During Reading
• SOUNDING OUT The tutor points to the beginning
  letter (s) or combination of letters and asks,
  How does this word begin? Get your mouth
  ready for the first sound (s). Examples chug,
  street, whisper
• CHUNKING The tutor assists the students in
  finding the smaller words within the unknown
  word. Example
• forgetful

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Supported Reading Strategies continued

• MAKING SENSE The tutor directs the students in
  going back and rereading the sentence, skipping
  the unknown word and asking, What word would
  make sense here?
• USING PICTURES/CONTEXT CLUES The tutor uses the
  pictures/context clues and asks, What do you
  think the word might be? or What do you see?
• READING SMOOTHLY The tutor, after several
  attempts, will assist the students by telling
  them the unknown word. The tutor will direct the
  students to go back and reread the sentences.

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Reciprocal Teaching

• Predict
• Clarify
• Visualize
• Ask Teacher Like Questions
• Summarize

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Resources

• Classroom Libraries
• Media Center
• - rportela_at_dadeschools.net
• Centers Binders
• Buddy Reader Packet
• Reading Coach
• mdiaz-brown_at_dadeschools.net

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Focusing on the FCAT

• TASK CARD QUESTIONS
• Compare and Contrast
• Similarities/Differences in Text
• Plot Development/Resolution
• Authors Purpose
• Main Idea
• Facts and Details
• Cause and Effect
• Multiple Representations of Information
• Chronological Order
• Vocabulary

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Graphic Organizers

• Story Map
• Story Frame
• Idea Frame
• Plot-Sequence Frame
• Somebody/Wanted/But/So Frame Example
• Venn Diagram
• Main Idea Table
• Word Map
• Vocabulary Map

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AR and Tumble Books

• As a Buddy Reader, and if the teacher requests,
  you may read AR books to the children and assist
  them in taking the quizzes. However, you cannot
  provide them with the answers.
• As an alternative resource, you may bring the
  students to the Media Center to listen to tumble
  books
• http//www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumble
  books.asp

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Educational Web Sites

• http//www2.dadeschools.net/parents/parents.htm
• http//www.rif.org/parents/
• http//www.fldoe.org/parent/
• http//movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home
• http//portal.bigchalk.com/portalweb/home.do
• http//it.dadeschools.net/library/story_reading.ht
  m
• http//fcatexplorer.com

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