Literacy Footprints with Guided Reading

 I will be doing my ICDP on using the Literacy Footprints Kit so that I can be a better with Guided Reading teacher.

Being consistent and more intentional about using the kits will hopefully allow our students to make more growth in Guided Reading.

I will be more intentional about taking notes during Guided Reading groups, I will be more consistent about seeing each of my groups and I will be intentional about using shared reading strategies. I believe this will allow students to grow.

My  plan to use some of the shared reading ideas that we learned from Jennifer Burns will also be beneficial and allow our students even more growth. EK now has the goal of getting students to a level C by the end of the school year. Last year our EK data showed that we had only 34% reading at a level C. The goal is to use the kits for the entire time we are doing our Guided Reading groups .

My research will be focused on improving student achievement by using the Literacy Footprints kit to improve student achievement and prepare them for kindergarten. I will also use strategies in Jan Richardson's book in conjunction with the kits as well as shared reading strategies from Jennifer Burns. Using the books "The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading and "The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics", the Literacy Footprints kits and information from Jennifer Burns will improve my teaching.

I will know growth was made by using our leveling information from last year. 

To be successful with implementation of all strategies our leveling data will improve from last year to the end of this year.

Literacy Footprints in Early Kindergarten

 

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I am going to be doing my ICDP on the topic of using the Literacy Footprints Kit to improve my guided reading instruction.  By using these kits consistently as they are intended to be used I believe our kids will show greater growth in the are of guided reading.  I believe this will be beneficial in helping to prepare them for kindergarten, which is my goal as an Early Kindergarten Teacher.  I will work to improve my note taking during guided reading time and I will work to get to groups consistently so they have plenty of opportunity for growth in the area of literacy.  We also have plans to implement some shared reading strategies that we learned this summer that will help support the work we are doing in our guided reading groups.

This school year the goals for EK have changed.  We have the expectation of getting our students to a level C by the end of the school year.  When looking at our data from the end of last year only 34% of our Early Kindergarten students were reading at a level C.  I want to use these kits to  accomplish this goal for more of our students.  Last year we only had the kids for part of the school year so I am looking forward to using the Literacy Footprint Kits all year.  

I plan to focus my research on the progress that can be made by consistently using the Literacy Footprints Kits to improve student achievement when it comes to literacy.  I will focus on strategies in Jan Richardson's book as well as the kits to improve my teaching.  I plan to use the resources that came with the kit, the resources I have received from Jennifer Burns on the topics of shared reading and guided reading, and Jan Richardson's books:  "The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading" and "The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics".  

I will know that growth has been made in this area by using our EK leveling data from last year.  If we are successful in implementing the Literacy Footprints Kits for the school year then our leveling data will improve from last spring to this spring.