CSD Reading Corner - Reading at School
Many people think that learning how to read happens naturally like learning to talk. In reality, learning how to read is a complex process that requires explicit instruction in both the foundational skills for decoding and the comprehension skills for understanding and thinking critically a variety of texts.
Resources
Each student’s school has resources to support individual student needs-in addition to classroom instruction. These resources may include small group instruction using curriculum aligned to specific skills, state-sponsored software licenses specific to each school, and extension activities.
- Small group instruction programming
- 95% Group PA
- 95% Group PLL
- ECRI
- CSD routine ring
- Small group instruction manual
- Software:
- Lexia
- i-Ready
- Dreambox
- Read 180
- System 44
- Extension Activities
Canyons uses brief, standardized literacy assessments (Reading Inventory, Acadience) in order to measure student growth, set goals for students, and identify gaps in student learning. The assessments are administered in the fall, winter, and spring. You may find your student’s data in Skyward Family Access. There you will see your child’s data and a short explanation of how to read the data. You may also contact your child’s teacher.
Kindergarten:
- Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP)– fall and spring
- Acadience– fall, winter and spring
1st grade:
- Acadience — fall, winter and spring
2nd grade:
- Acadience — fall, winter and spring
3rd grade:
- Acadience — fall, winter and spring
- RISE (state end of year assessment)
4th grade:
- Reading Inventory (RI)– fall, winter and spring
- RISE testing (state end of year assessment)
5th grade:
- Reading Inventory (RI)– fall, winter and spring
- RISE testing (state end of year assessment)
