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Destination ReadingCourses 3 & 4
National Learning Systems
Susan Garbelman
Philosophy & Purpose
• Comprehensive, electronically-based reading curriculum
• Stand alone program
• Supplement reading curriculum in place
The major goal of Destination Reading is to help students read fluently and with understanding therefore enabling them to approach new language challenges with strength and confidence.
Course Preview
Genre Coverage– 46% Fiction– 54% Non-Fiction
Academic Subject Coverage– 26% Science– 24% Technology– 20% Social Studies– 13% Language Arts– 10% Math– 7% Music / Performing Arts
Wide Variety of GenresInformational text• Magazine Article• Newspaper Article• Brochure• Encyclopedia Entry• Persuasive Text• Letter to the Editor• Editorial• Speech• Advertisement• Historical Nonfiction• Scientific / Technical Nonfiction• Narrative Nonfiction• Biography• Autobiography• Graphic Sources• Reference Sources
Fiction• Drama (Play)• Adventure Fiction• Realistic Fiction• Classic Fiction• Historical Fiction• Mystery• Science Fiction• Fantasy• Tall Tale• Folk Tale
Relevant and engaging content: Close alignment to state standards
• Comprehension Skills – Fact & Opinion– Compare & Contrast– Cause & Effect
– Persuasive Devices & Propaganda
– Sequencing– Main Idea & Details– Literary Elements
• Decoding Support
• Vocabulary Strategies
– Context Clues (unfamiliar words)
– Homophones & Homographs– Analogies– Multiple-Meaning Words– Synonyms & Antonyms– Greek & Latin Roots– Dictionary & Glossary – Prefixes & Suffixes– Idioms– Inflected Endings– Context clues
Meeting the Unique Needs of Students in Grades 4-8
• Strong focus on comprehension and vocabulary (with some decoding support)
• Strategic reading section that extends the scaffolding and modeling for reading passages
• Activate prior knowledge and build background knowledge activities
• More writing opportunities to help connect the software to popular, award-winning literature in the classroom
Destination Reading Grades 4-8Building Understanding
Every unit systematically builds understanding through an effective research-based instructional model
which helps the student internalize the learning.
INSTRUCTDirect instruction
explains and models the concepts
PRACTICEGuided practice as the
stuudent learns how and when to apply strategies
APPLYStudents apply the
strategy independently in a new context.
INDIVIDUALIZEPost-tests and pre-tests
are administered to individualize the content
for each student
Genre StudyBuild BackgroundVocabulary StrategyComprehension SkillComprehension StrategyDecoding Strategy
Vocabulary StrategyComprehension SkillComprehension Strategy
Vocabulary StrategyComprehension SkillComprehension Strategy
AssessReportPrescribe
Consistent Unit Structure
Let’s explore!
•Click Explore Content•Click tab for Language Arts•Click “Launch” next to Destination Reading Course III
Open Exploration
• Unit/lesson names
• Skills addressed
• Likes
• Questions
Give One – Get One
• Share one of your ah-hahs• Learn someone else’s ah-hahs
Classroom Applications
• Introducing concepts
• Review/extra practice
• Enrichment
Implementation Models
• One computer in a classroom
• Small computer center in classroom
• Whole group presentation in classroom or lab
• Computer lab instruction and use
• Home activities
Think – Pair - Share
• Think about which implementation models you would use and how?
• Pair up with the person next to you
• Share your ideas
Small Group Exploration• Find others with the same symbol on their
nametag
• Review assigned units
• Chart– How unit relates to your current instruction– How would you use the activities– What extension activities might you plan
Small Groups
• Group 1 = Unit 3• Group 2 = Unit 4• Group 3 = Unit 5• Group 4 = Unit 9• Group 5 = Unit 10• Group 6 = Unit 12• Group 7 = Unit 13• Group 8 = Unit 14
Focused Exploration
CHART
• How unit relates to your current instruction (e.g., SSS, textbook)
• How would you use the activities
• What extension activities might you plan
Resources
• User Guides
• Scope and Sequence
• State and Curriculum Correlations
• Technical Support
• Print Activities and Lesson Plans
Session Objectives
Must know
Need to know
Nice to know
Still to come….
Riverdeep’s Learning Management System
• Standards driven assignment of activities
• Formative and summative testing
• Diagnostic and prescriptive testing and assigning of lessons
• Reports for making instructional decisions
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