The summary of ‘UFLI Foundations: Progress Monitoring and Differentiation’

Dr. Holly Lane discusses progress monitoring and differentiation in the You Fly Foundation program, emphasizing explicit teaching with clear explanations and practice. Logical sequencing in education is vital for student progression, with interleaved practice highlighting long-term retention benefits. Practice, including interleaved practice, is key in mastering reading skills. The importance of intensive instruction, progress monitoring assessments, and planning small group support are emphasized. Tailored support, enrichment activities, and effective lesson planning are highlighted for student success. Phonological representation, literacy centers, and personalized support during small group sessions are important aspects of student learning. Differentiated instruction, review, and innovative activities ensure student engagement and skill improvement.

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In this part of the video, the speaker, Dr. Holly Lane, discusses progress monitoring and differentiation in the You Fly Foundation program. The webinar provides guidelines on effective instruction, emphasizing the importance of explicit teaching with clear explanations, frequent checks for understanding, and systematic planning. Dr. Lane gives an example of explicit instruction on consonant digraphs, stressing the need for unambiguous explanations. The session also touches on the importance of modeling, guided practice, independent practice, and review in ensuring students grasp foundational reading skills effectively.

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In this segment, the speaker emphasizes the importance of logical sequencing in teaching, using the analogy of building a house. They explain the significance of the scope and sequence in education to ensure students have the necessary knowledge before progressing. The key features of effective instruction include being explicit, systematic, and providing plenty of opportunities for students to respond, which is crucial for practice and learning. Differentiating between blocked and interleaved practice, the speaker highlights the benefits of interleaved practice for long-term retention, especially for closely related skills like learning different letter sounds. They stress the importance of repetitive practice in various contexts to master foundational skills, comparing it to learning activities like driving, playing an instrument, or engaging in sports where gradual progression and varied practice are essential.

00:10:00

In this segment of the video, the importance of practice, specifically in reading skills, is emphasized. The example of a lesson on the short “i” sound is discussed, where practice is key to mastering the skill. The lesson demonstrates how practicing the target sound repeatedly, both in isolation and within connected text, leads to mastery. The concept of interleaved practice, revisiting skills across lessons, is highlighted as essential for effective instruction. Additionally, the importance of providing Behavior specific praise and corrective feedback to students is emphasized to reinforce learning and guide corrections. Practice is emphasized as crucial, with the idea that “practice makes permanent” being more relevant than “practice makes perfect.”

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In this segment of the video, the speaker emphasizes the importance of practicing correct techniques to ensure they become ingrained in memory. They discuss effective instruction which includes explicit and systematic methods, opportunities to respond, behavior-specific praise, and corrective feedback. The video transitions to intervention strategies, highlighting the need for intensive instruction with smaller groups or one-on-one sessions to help struggling learners. The speaker explains the tiered approach to instruction, from tier one (explicit instruction) to tier three (intensive intervention). They stress the importance of who is providing the instruction, recommending that intensive intervention be led by individuals with the most skill and expertise. Lastly, the video discusses applying these principles to the YOU Fly Foundations program, which is organized into eight steps with a consistent routine emphasizing explicit, systematic, and intensive instruction.

00:20:00

In this segment of the video, the instructor discusses the structure of day two lessons in the literacy program. Day two involves a review of the new concept introduced on day one, practice reading and spelling words, writing sentences, and reading decodable passages. The instructor emphasizes the importance of organizing lessons throughout the week, highlighting the significance of Friday’s review session. Suggestions are provided for organizing the Friday review, focusing on decoding and encoding practice, spelling patterns, and conducting assessments. Additional activities like using New Concept review slides, word chains, manipulative letter practice, reading and spelling new irregular words, and rereading decodable passages are recommended for the review session to reinforce learning.

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In this segment of the video, the focus is on progress monitoring assessments and incorporating review of challenging concepts. Progress monitoring assessments can be benchmark assessments to measure if students are meeting established criteria or informal observations to assess if students have learned what was taught. Spelling tests are recommended for frequent progress monitoring to assess both encoding and decoding skills. The video emphasizes the importance of systematic and frequent assessment to provide additional support based on student performance.

00:30:00

In this segment of the video, the teacher discusses how to assess spelling in their lessons. Students are asked to spell words and dictated sentences to evaluate their writing skills. The teacher recommends using New Concept points to focus on specific concepts rather than traditional scoring methods. Spelling assessments become more challenging as students progress with longer sentences. The data from these assessments helps in planning instruction for review and remediation. The video also emphasizes the importance of identifying which students need support, determining the instructional focus, and planning the format and time needed for review and remediation sessions. The goal is to increase opportunities for students to respond and improve their spelling skills.

00:35:00

In this part of the video, the speaker emphasizes the importance of planning enrichment activities, not just review, for students. It is crucial to differentiate instruction for proficient students as well, providing advanced word study activities and language comprehension support. Tailoring support to individual students’ needs, using skilled personnel to assist struggling students, utilizing home practice sheets, and targeting specific areas of need for each student are key strategies discussed. The importance of closely assessing student performance on different concepts to effectively provide small group support is highlighted.

00:40:00

In this segment of the video, the main points focus on organizing small group support by concept, grouping students with like needs together, and planning intensive support based on student needs. It emphasizes the importance of meaningful activities to keep all students engaged, not just busy work. Suggestions include skill review activities, word card games, and different methods of skill practice such as using dice, magnetic letters, and decodable texts. The segment also highlights the significance of comprehension checks through activities like illustrating a text and emphasizes the importance of students hearing their own voice while reading.

00:45:00

In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of phonological representation in young children’s reading development. They mention the use of whisper phones to help children read quietly to themselves. Additionally, the speaker highlights the use of decodable text guides for reading materials and provides tips for managing literacy centers, such as building routines, focusing on response opportunities, and differentiating instruction through preferential seating and spelling accommodations for students with fine motor skill challenges. It is also recommended to start with one or two center activities and gradually add more as students become proficient.

00:50:00

In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of providing personalized support to students during small group sessions. They emphasize that dividing time evenly among groups is not effective and suggest tailoring the time allocated based on individual student needs. The session is focused on introducing new skills or concepts, followed by regular review and assessment to ensure understanding and progress. The speaker mentions the significance of data-driven decisions in differentiation and progress monitoring. They also touch on the availability of placement tests and emphasize using phonics surveys to assess students’ skills. The speaker recommends following the suggested scope and sequence in the manual for effective lesson planning.

00:55:00

In this segment of the video, a second-grade teacher is asking for advice on how to help students who have not mastered the alphabet lessons from first grade. The speaker suggests that these students may require tier two or tier three interventions beyond small group support. Alternative forms of the alphabet review lessons are mentioned to provide additional practice and support for struggling students. The speaker emphasizes the importance of providing extra help for students who need it and acknowledges that many teachers may have students needing review of earlier concepts. This tailored approach aims to give students the practice needed to master foundational skills.