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

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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