Improves Student Performancethrough Reading Proficiency

My Reading Coach

General Concerns

National focus: Improve test scores National trend: Increasingly diverse student

populationDistrict concerns: Tight budgets Qualified teacher shortage Increasing drop-out rate among new teachers Inconsistent teaching methods based on human

differences Many children are left behind their peers

Classroom Concerns

Pressure to increase test scores Many students are at the lowest stanine levels –

increasing 1 grade level in a year is not enough Many students have limited English skills High mobility / human differences effect student

success Teachers working harder with fewer resources

Why is My Reading Coach Instruction Essential?

Results: 10 – 30 percentile point improvement in 50 hours

of instruction (GUARANTEED) High cost special needs classes reduced Supplements ALL existing reading programs Provides consistent one-on-one instruction to

every student Helps all teachers and all students become

successful

Word Lists for Lessons

Lesson 1 Lesson 25 Lesson 61

am, ma, leap, moan expectation

na, ap, pa goal, soap interdependent

goat, mean contemplative

insubordination

conservation

My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity Story

Equivalent Reading Level 10.0

Results: Middle School Improvement 11 to 19 percentile points

At Risk Students

0

20

40

Percentile

Tucson Urban League - Middle School

Change in Percentile Rank

Pre

Post

Pre 19 10

Post 38 21

Regular LD

Results: High School Improvement 12 percentile points

High School Remedial English

0

50

Percentile

Palo Verde High - Remedial English Pilot Year 2: Group 1 - First Time Users

Change in Percentile Rank - My Reading Coach

Group 1

Group 1 20 32

Before After

Hear the Difference

Randy after Lesson 12

Randy after 47 lessons

Willie after Lesson 12

Willie after 28 lessons

20 years experience developing Award Winning Educational Software

Our success is vested in the success of your students

My Reading Coach – has evolved from the classroom, it is research based and we guarantee results with your students

Mindplay Instructional Software

My Reading Coach Background

Jim Larrabee: 25 year veteran public school teacher

speech pathologist, reading and special education teacher – program developer.

Jim’s technique had 100% success rate teaching middle school and elementary students to read on grade level in two semesters

Best Practice / Best Theory Development 5 years of Field Testing and great success with

Elementary Schools, Middle Schools and High Schools

We believe the PROCESS drives the results

DiagnosticPlacement

Research Infused

One-on-one “Teacher Emulated”Instruction

Staff Development

Best PracticesMethodology

SuccessGuaranteed!

10 – 30 percentile

points

Why Are We Unique?

Customer Support

Research & Development

National Reading PanelElements required for reading

success

Systematic Phonics and Phonemic Awareness

Fluency - Speed , Accuracy, Expression

Text Comprehension

Suggested Strategy:

Create mental pictures of what you read

Vocabulary

Spelling

Cognitive Learning Theory

Successful Learning Model

No Mis-learning

TeacherStudent

Model Test

Feedback

My Reading Coach Lessons

61 Phonemic Awareness Lessons 61 Coach Assisted Spelling Lessons 24 Grammar Lessons to Teach Comprehension

Reading Comprehension Practice Activities 15 Teacher Interventions using Expert

Sheets

My Reading CoachGrammar Lessons

-Nouns -Proper Nouns

-Adjectives -Prepositions

-Articles -Interrogative Pronouns

-Verbs; Linking Verbs -Conjunctions

-Helping Verbs -Abstract Nouns

-Punctuation -Double Duty Pronouns

-Question/Order -Possessive Pronouns

-Subject/Predicate -Contractions

My Reading Coach61 Lessons:

Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Phonetic Rules

My Reading Coach61 New and Improved Lesson Introductions

My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Listen and Find

Visual Discrimination: similar appearance different word

My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Reading Words

Decoding a word: discriminate from similar sounding words

My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Word Building

Auditory Discrimination: words into individual sounds

Coach says a word: “trait”

Student types: “traet”

Coach instantly responds

My Reading CoachInteractive Student Activities: Writing

Encoding : 10,000 unique situations for specific remediation

My Reading Coach Writing –1st error: General help

My Reading Coach Writing- 2nd error: Specific feedback

My Reading Coach 2 Syllable Activity –

Decoding Longer words

My Reading Coach Vowel – Sound – Stick:

Easily decoding multi-syllable words

My Reading CoachInteractive Grammar Lesson and Activity

Improves reading comprehen-sion

Improves writing skills

Ensures application and retention

Fast learning progression

Grammar – to teach text comprehension

My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity Story Equivalent Reading Level – 1.0 – 10.5

Story level assigned automati-cally

Pause points help students at reading level 1 and 2 understand grammar clues taught by the coach

My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity

The coach asks a question

My Reading CoachStudent Help: First Feedback

Three levels of help

1st Response Sight words

or words that do not fit the patterns learned can be voiced

Click on the red word

My Reading CoachStudent Help: Second Feedback

2nd Response

The coach helps the student succeed by focusing in on the answer.

My Reading CoachStudent Help: Third Feedback

Third

Response

The correct answer is displayed.

My Reading CoachInteractive Reading Comprehension Activity Story

Equivalent Reading Level 5.5

Types of Reports

Student Entire Class School

Student Reports

Student Performance Report – Phonics

Student Performance Report – Grammar

Student Performance Report – Comprehension

Student Error Report Student Attendance Report

Class Reports Class Daily Lesson Plan Class Remediation Report Class Improvement Report Class Grammar Report Class Reading Comprehension Re

port Class Progress Checklist

School Report

School Progress Report