Is Reading Recovery still used?
In summary, there is substantial scientific evidence to support Reading Recovery's effectiveness with lowest-performing first- grade students. Reading Recovery does not claim to be the only solution to the nation's reading problems, nor does it seek preferential treatment for funding under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Who is eligible for Reading Recovery?
3. Regardless of their native language, children who are the lowest achievers in the classroom are eligible for Reading Recovery in English if they are receiving literacy instruction in English and if they can understand the tasks on the Observation Survey.
How long is a Reading Recovery lesson?
What is the program Reading Recovery?
Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention for first graders having extreme difficulty with early reading and writing. Specially trained teachers work individually with students in daily 30-minute lessons lasting 12 to 20 weeks.
Is Reading Recovery guided reading?
Reading Recovery is typically used in a one-on-one setting, but primary teachers can integrate key strategies in their guided reading groups. One of these key strategies is focusing in on fluency. When students are fluent readers, they have the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression.
How is Reading Recovery funded?
Several states have appropriated early literacy funding in their state budgets, and a few states have created professional development funds to help pay for Reading Recovery professional development. Check with your state department of education to see what funds may be available.
What is the Reading Recovery approach?
Reading Recovery is a 12-20 week evidence-based intervention that helps struggling readers catch up to their peers. Led by specially trained teachers who received extensive professional development, Reading Recovery is designed for one-on-one lessons tailored to meet the student's individual needs and interests.
What does a Reading Recovery lesson look like?
Each lesson consists of reading familiar books, reading yesterday's new book and taking a running record, working with letters and/or words using magnetic letters, writing a story, assembling and reconstructing a cut-up story, and reading a new book.