Dibels/Reading

[Susan]

Originally Posted by Gretchen

Oh and Susan, he has all A's, but one C in spelling (was an A last quarter) which is the class they want to take him out of. It just doesn't make sense to me. He has a 98 in reading, just doesn't have the fluency but they want to take him out of spelling, a class he dropped two letter grades in.

None of it sounds right to me, Gretchen. Ellen is onto it. Ifthey push this make them do more assessments first. In the end you can just say NO and watch him carefully. Usually kids with reading issues you really see a huge drop from 1st through 3rd grade. 3rd grade is sort ofthe "tell-all" and if they are having issues there they really struggle in 4th and 5th and beyond as much of their work is based on reading comprehension, even math.

Title I is first grade because that is the best place to catch and help. 2nd is sort of a review year so if they can help them build the skills in first they have a year to practice before they hit 3rd grade where things really jump.

[Gretchen]

We have title I all through elementary, I think? I know they still had it last year and I'm almost positive this year. Carly's friend is in it. I'm positive she was in it in second grade too.

[Gretchen]

I feel so much better talking this out here and with my client last night. I felt bad refusing the help if he really needs it. I just think there are other ways to go about this. Hopefully whatever she sends home for us to work on is affective. Thanks!

[Susan]

I just found this: [edit] Title I
"Title I" redirects here. For other uses of "Title I", see Title I (disambiguation).
Title I ("Title One") of the Act is a set of programs set up by the United States Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families.

To qualify as a Title I school, a school typically has around 40% or more of its students that come from families that qualify under the United States Census's definitions as low-income, according to the U.S. Department of Education. [2]

Schools receiving Title I funding are regulated by federal legislation, including the No Child Left Behind Act.

Title I funds may be used for children from preschool through high school, but most of the students served (65 percent) are in grades 1 through 6; another 12 percent are in preschool and kindergarten programs.


Sorry... all the districts I taught in only used it in First Grade... likely due to funding they probably placed all of the funds they could get into 1st grade.

(I taught in Watertown, Arlington and Reading: Maybe it is a localized thing as to how they use the funding too.)

[Gretchen]

So the reading specialist sent some stuff home for Bradley. OMG, it was soooo easy for him. One activity was to put word cards together to spell words. One example was cr own to spell crown. There was a fluency activity where he had to read things like my name is, want to know, it is here etc. Sooooo easy for him. He blew right through them. I emailed her. She sent more stuff home on Friday. MUCH better. They were 4th grade level books with some follow up sheets. Anyway, yesterday he told me they tested him on Friday. She told me she was going to update me with his test scores. I emailed her to find out. She did test him. He improved greatly and is 5 points away from not being at risk at all!

[Suzy]

That is good news Gretchen.

[KristenB]

Great news!!!

[memphisjody]

Both girls have always been more than double their dibels score for their grade level. That is great but when Sarah reads to me she stumbles over words reads them in the wrong order and mispronounces. But she definitely comprehends what she reads. So I really don't put a lot of stock into it.