Research+-+Reading+Comprehension+and+Educational

**3.3 Gathers, analyzes, and uses data and research in making curricular and instructional choices**
 * **__Reading Research __** [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyqqijTgJEuObYOdjxzAh_byc705ssWFVmIapu69aZ6tWOzeY1 width="93" height="81" align="right"]]
 * Reading Comprehension Research
 * Sustained Silent Reading Research
 * [|Writing and Reading Connection] (Evidence of How Writing Can Improve Reading)
 * [|Brain Research and Reading]
 * DIBELS
 * [|Effective Teachers of Reading]
 * [|Teaching Literature]
 * [|Teaching Classics with Word Clouds]
 * [|Academic Vocabulary in Middle and High School] (Five essential steps to teaching academic vocabulary (Fisher and Frey); study guides and video podcasts available)
 * __﻿ Six Traits of Writing __
 * [|Six Traits Research - 4 articles]

**3.4 Designs and uses instructional strategies, innovations, and activities that are research-based and reflective of best practice**
 * **__Marzano Research__**

// "A specific instructional strategy is effective only when used in the specific situation for which it was designed. Effective pedagogy involves a variety of interacting components." // (Marzano, Robert. "Setting the Record Straight on "High-Yield" Strategies." Kappan 91, no.1 (2009): 30-37.

Below are examples of the implementation of Marzano's nine strategies in the classroom. They are snippets of total lesson plans which use a variety of strategies. ===[|Marzano's Nine Strategies] === [|Marzano's website] [] [] (Integrating technology with Marzano's strategies) [|Marzano strategies]


 * **__Differentiated Instruction Research__**
 * Differentiated Instruction
 * **__Multip____le Intelligences Research__**
 * [|Gardner's Multiple Intelligences]


 * **__Family Involvement__**
 * [|Research-based Best Practices - Family Engagement]
 * [|Family Engagement - Surveys and resources]
 * [|Family-Friendly School Walk-Through Rubric]
 * [|Research-based Family Involvement Graphic]
 * [|Family Engagement Best Practices Handout]

3.6 Allocates and protects instructional time to support student learning
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 * **__Performance Assessment__**
 * [|Wiggins research]
 * [|Performance assessment video] (Edutopia)

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**__ Reading Intervention __** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This was our second year using the reading intervention program FAME for our 7th and 8th grade students. Letters were sent to the families during the summer informing them of this new class. There were eight 8th graders and ten 7th graders selected. While Mrs. Knobbe and Mrs. Hunke worked with these students each day for 45 minutes Sister Mary Ann taught standard Literature and Spelling to the remaining 7th and 8th grade students. Pre and post tests given to the students in the FAME program showed an increase of about 30 points from the beginning of the year.

**__Six Traits of Writing__** The faculty and staff continued to work with the Six Traits. In March the students in grades four and eight participated in the writing assessment. This year the faculty did not assess these writings. During the summer our writing coordinator has these writings assessed by professionals. In the fall we will study and compare the results. The teachers continued to build the students writing portfolios. The 8th grade writing folders were passed on to the High Schools. **__Reading Counts__** For the eighth year our media center purchased books and computer assessments for the Reading Counts program. The teachers in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 make use of this program. The students are required to read so many books and take so many quizzes each quarter.