One of the most pressing challenges schools face is that of ensuring that all children become competent readers. Young children who experience problems in reading quickly fall behind their more skilled classmates. This gap in reading skills can emerge as early as first grade, and proves to be pervasive over time. The long-term negative impact of poor reading skills can be enormous.
Partners in Dyad Reading is designed to be used in one-on-one tutoring with adult volunteers or paraprofessionals as reading practice, not intervention. Lessons enhance classroom instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Students benefit from increased reading time, targeted practice, and a rewarding reading experience.
The purpose of the Tutoring Program is to provide students with additional reading practice. The program is aligned with the Utah Core Standards, research-based practices, and classroom instruction. Current research indicates that a structured tutoring program can provide achievement gains for students needing extra reading practice and instruction beyond what they receive in their regular classroom.
Students should not be pulled from grade level reading programs. The tutoring should be in addition to regular classroom instruction with tutors that can support students with fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Partners in Dyad Reading Manual
Building Readers: A Parent's Guide
Formentar La Lectura: Una Guía para Padres (Spanish)
Partners in Dyad 10 6 2020
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Tutors are encouraged to use the books they are currently reading with the students to time fluency. The tutor models fluent reading of the sentences in the new book and the student is timed for one minute as they reread the same sentences using expression, accuracy, rate, and smoothness.
The Total Words read Correct per Minute (WCPM) can be calculated by counting up the total number of words read during that minute minus the number of mistakes. The WCPM are then recorded on the Fluency Record Sheets.
Oral Reading Words Per Minute 10 WCPM to 56 WCPM
Oral Reading Words Per Minute 40 WCPM to 86 WCPM
Oral Reading Words Per Minute 60 WCPM to 106 WCPM
Some components of the University or Utah Reading Clinic (UURC) Next Steps program are included and referenced as part of the Literacy Supplemental section of the Lesson Plan.
Early Steps Word Study Flash Cards
Early Steps Beginning Consonant Picture Sorts
Early Steps Core Vowel Patterns
Early Steps Mixed Short Vowels
University or Utah Reading Clinic (UURC) Early Steps Alphabet Work
UURC Early Steps Memory: Onset-Vowel
UURC Early Steps Memory: Picture Sort
UURC Early Steps Onset-Vowel Sort with Random Check
Peer Assisted Learning Strategies in Reading for Kindergarten (K-PALS)
The Fuchs Research Group
The Journey to Reading Begins with Phonemic Awareness
Heggerty
USteps Resources
University of Utah Reading Clinic (UURC)
Student Tutoring Achievement for Reading 37 Most Common Chunks List
Student Tutoring Achievement for Reading Chunk Word List
Student Tutoring Achievement for Reading Letter Name List
Student Tutoring Achievement for Reading Letter Sound List