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Improving Reading Skills: A School Improvement Project, Riley Mars
Improving Reading Skills: A School Improvement Project, Riley Mars
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
Reading proficiency in American schools has been a topic of conversation for over a quarter of a century. Although much focus and funding has been put towards this topic, many students are still not able to read proficiently. As students progress through their academic careers, lack of reading proficiency becomes more detrimental and more difficult to remedy. This school improvement plan was created to restructure MTSS in a newly formed upper elementary building serving 4th and 5th grade. This restructuring will clearly define the roles of each Tier, ensure data-based decisions are being made, and support students with research-based interventions.
Phonemic Awareness And Phonics As An Integral Field To Early Emergent Reading Programs, Lea Kunkel
Phonemic Awareness And Phonics As An Integral Field To Early Emergent Reading Programs, Lea Kunkel
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
The act of learning to read is one which is unnatural to the human brain, causing exponential stress for young learners, students acquiring a new language, or learning disabled. To alleviate the nidus which acquiring the ability to decipher literature may impose, continual research in learning to read has taken place. Research which has aimed to discover the best kept secrets, programs and strategies for helping early to emergent readers succeed. Within the literature review, the benefit of implementing phonemic awareness and phonics into early to emergent reading programs will be discovered. Including, how phonemic awareness and phonics arose in …
Boosting Reading Scores By Adding In Technology Based Interventions, Kelsey A. Till
Boosting Reading Scores By Adding In Technology Based Interventions, Kelsey A. Till
Master's Theses & Capstone Projects
The purpose of this action research project was to determine if adding a technology based literacy apps in a general education second grade classroom could increase the reading scores of the Informal Decoding Inventory that was given to second grade students, throughout a four month period to check personal growth. It will also look at other reading assessments in reading throughout the time frame, but for the purpose and time of this project the researcher will strictly be looking at growth through the inventory. Technology enriched phonemic awareness with a focus on decoding words, recognizing word patterns and fluency interventions …