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February 2004 payday update School Highlights
HERE’S A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT OF DR. CUPP READERStm IN 21 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. COMPARE YOUR RESULTS TO SEE HOW YOU ARE DOING AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, CHART YOUR OWN STUDENTS’ PROGRESS FROM MONTH TO MONTH. THE CHARTS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES GIVE MORE DETAIL (# OF STUDENTS IN EACH BOOK, AVERAGE BOOK, AVERAGE NUMBER OF SIGHT WORDS MASTERED, ETC.)
*Of a total of 2762 students, the average Kindergarten student has learned 40 sight words and the average first grader has learned 149. This month, seven schools are above average in both categories 101, 103, 105, 107, 109,115, & 117.
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*In Kindergarten, the average book level overall for February, 2004 was Book 12 with the largest percentage of students overall (7.2%) working in Book 12.
*These average students have mastered the letters /b/, /t/, /a/, /c/, /r/, /m/, /n/,/s/, /p/, /g/, /d/, /f/ & /l/, /h/, /k/, and the rimes –at,-an, -am, -ap , -ag –ac, -ad, -as, -af, -ab, -ak, plus 39 sight words.
*They continue to read actual stories and already practice comprehension, self-correction, spelling, and fluency.
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*There is a much greater range of student abilities in first grade
than in kindergarten with students ranging from Book 4 to Book 60.
In first grade, the average book overall for February was Book 35.
The average student has mastered all the consonant letters and sounds, has
learned all the short and long vowels has been introduced to the concept of
switching long and short vowel sounds, and –r controlled words. They also
have mastered the ideas of closed and open syllables and have been introduced
to three-syllable words. They have begun a review before moving into more
complex, continuing stories and issues such as digraphs and blends.
PAYDAY SUMMARY –February, 2004 – Kindergarten * Free & Reduced = Free and Reduced Lunch
Number of students in each book (R1-R7 represent readiness levels) sorted by % of Free & Reduced Lunch Students (Highest to lowest)