Ellen Denny and Kelly Wheeler, McHarg Elementary

READ AND ROLL

BOOKS IN YOUR BOX:

TWO SUMMER SCHOOL ALTERNATIVES

Why change summer school? Summer slide still evident after summer

school

Short duration (3-4 weeks)

Difficulty finding willing qualified teachers

Reaching all at risk readers, not just ones whose parents will agree to send them to summer school

What was the spark?

Teacher-Directed Professional Development through TALK (Teachers as Learners Krew) group

Teachers planning what they will read to improve themselves professionally

Discussion: “I need to see what I say to know what I think.”

The spark igniting an ideaRTI in Literacy: Responsive and Comprehensive, edited by Peter H. Johnston

Reading Teacher journal articles

Improving student interaction with books over the summer monthsPicture from http://blogs.roanoke.com/theburgs/news/2013/07/28/where-students-read-to-adults/

Read and Roll

McHarg’s Read and Roll Summer Program

Program Logistics: 1 Bookmobile bus equipped with reading supplies School system bus for transporting participating

students Routes/pick up areas/times

Schedule/Parent Communication: Start date/end date Two sessions daily, Monday

through Thursday 8:30-10:00 (Session 1) 10:15-11:45 (Session 2) Monday/Wednesday route Tuesday/Thursday route

Adult Reading Volunteers McHarg teachers Beans and Rice volunteers

Materials: Good Fit books, - Levels A-P Unleveled books Books for read alouds Lawn furniture Technology equipment

Food Snacks Lunch

McHarg’s Read and Roll Summer Program

Read and Roll Preparation

Meet with: Asst. Superintendent Food Services Transportation Director Beans and Rice Director

Identification and coordination of eligible students Title services – who needs

reinforcement? Student residency – who lives

on bus route?

Collaborate with the Director of Transportation Determine reading locations

4 different sites Create bus routes

economical serve the greatest need

Coordinate (major spreadsheet!) drop off/pick up 2 daily sessions 2 different routes a week Which students are going home Which students going to Beans

and Rice afternoon sessions

Read and Roll Prep and Management

8:12 205 Sheppard Street

8:15 404 Robertson St

8:16 1002 Robertson St

1102 Robertson St

8:18 Staples St / PT Travis

8:20 Taylor St

8:21 Heather Glen / Wadsworth8:30 Meet the Book Mobile at 16th Street Playground

Help with students (8:30-10:00) 10:00 Leave 16th Street Playground10:02 205 Sheppard Street - corner of Gandy/Williams

10:05 404 Robertson St10:06 1002 Robertson St10:07 1102 Robertson St10:09 Staples St / PT Travis10:10 Taylor St10:12 Heather Glen / Wadsworth

Mcharg Summer Session 2 - Door to Door 10:15 Baldwin St. & McConnell St10:17 507 Clement St10:18 328 Clahoun St10:30 Meet the Book Mobile at Fairfax Village Playground

Help with students (10:30-11:20) Belle Heth Beans and Rice Pick-up

11:25 Leave Fairfax Village Playground11:30 Downey at 5th11:35 Ridgewood11:45 2nd at Ingles11:50 16th Street - Belle Heth

Deliver Belle Heth and McHarg Beans and Rice students to Belle Heth 12:00 Return to Fairfax Village to pick up McHarg Students

Deliver McHarg students home - Door to Door 12:05 Baldwin St. & McConnell St12:07 507 Clement St12:10 328 Clahoun St

Deliver Belle Heth and McHarg Beans and Rice students to locations 1,2,3,4 3:30 Belle Heth3:35 Downey at 5th3:40 Ridgewood

3:4516th Street

3:50 2nd at Ingles

Read and Roll Prep and Management

Teacher Volunteers: Create spreadsheet of time/

setting options Recruit teacher volunteers

Communicate with parents on: Participation in the program Participation in 1st or 2nd session

or both Participation in Beans and Rice

Summer Sessions at sister school (12:00-3:00)

Coordinate food preparation and distribution

Ellen Denny, Principal Email: edenny@rcps.org 700 Twelfth Street Telephone: (540) 731-3652

Radford, Virginia 24141 Fax: (540) 731-3696

July 1, 2013 Dear Parent(s) or Guardian(s), McHarg will be providing a summer book mobile program called “Read and Roll.” The book mobile will be on a Monday/Wednesday rotation and a Tuesday/Thursday rotation. A school bus will be delivering students, depending on the daily rotation to the book mobile site. Each rotation will include two pick-up sessions. If you agree to your child participating, he or she will be enrolled in the Mon/Wed rotation or the Tues/Thurs. He or she will come to one or both of the sessions on those days, depending on your decision about the afternoon Beans and Rice program at Belle Heth. The sessions will be as follows:

Monday/Wednesday – Two sessions available on these days(8:45 AM or 10:15 AM) - Children board the school bus at their assigned time. The bus will then report to the reading site (Hodge Stadium/16th Street Playground) to drop the students off at the reading mobile. Teacher volunteers and Beans and Rice Americorp workers will be supervising and facilitating the reading session. Snacks will be provided.

Tuesday/Thursday - Two sessions available (8:45 AM or 10:14 AM) - Children board the school bus at their assigned time. The bus will then report to the reading site (16th Street Playground/Fairfax Playgrouns) to drop the students off at the reading mobile. Teacher volunteers and Beans and Rice Americorp workers will be supervising and facilitating the reading session. Snacks will be provided.

Parent Participation – Laptops and internet access will be provided in our Book Mobile for parents. Please feel free to visit the book mobile and use these laptops. Four computers are available at each reading site. The book mobiles are air conditioned for your convenience. Students will not be utilizing the computers as we will spend our time reading, reading, reading!

Beans and Rice Afternoon Program - All student participants of the “Read and Roll” program are given the opportunity to attend the Beans and Rice Program following the “Read and Roll” program if parent permission is granted. Those attending the afternoon program will remain with the bus and be transported to Belle Heth Elementary for lunch and an afternoon of crafts, games and a variety of volunteer led activities. The students will be transported, by school bus, home following the Beans and Rice program.

McHarg’s Read and Roll summer program is scheduled to begin Monday, July 8 th. We are looking forward to providing our students a reading opportunity in their neighborhood. As explained above, we will be picking up your child at his or her designated time/area and then heading to a nearby playground for “Good Fit” reading.

Read and Roll Costs

Transportation ($2,000-$4,000): School bus/fuel/driver – funded by RCPS Summer School allocation

and Beans and Rice, Inc. Book Mobile – donated by Radford University

Materials ($2,000-4,000): Good Fit books – funded by McHarg Elementary, the Radford City

Public Library, and RIF Wifi Hot Spots – funded by McHarg Elementary Baskets, portable tables, read aloud books/CDs, headphones, lawn

couches, and blankets – funded and provided by McHarg Elementary Snacks/lunch (National School Lunch Program):

Snacks were provided by Radford City Schools Lunch was provided by Radford City Schools Cafeteria personnel responsible for prep/Bus driver

responsible for loading

Improving student access to books over the summer months . . .

Books in your Box

Giving books to students -- a history Summer 2012 Title I gave 10 leveled books to their students

(they chose) Held a parent training session in May, well

attended Children dragged their parents there!! So excited!!

Reading logs, with prize to be given in fall Result? Out of over 120 Title students, only

three returned the log for the prize Bottom line: Significant summer slide still

evident

So, “Books in your Box”

Still student choice of books within a range of levels

Still providing books to at risk readers What did we change?

Mailed to Title students at their home address 2 books a week 8 weeks Strategy reminder card in each mailing Served as a weekly reminder to read, with the

necessary materials included, no need to look for them!

Children choosing their books

Two books and a strategy card

CAFE strategy cards

Books in your Box

Budget: $3500 for books (approximately 140

children, 16 books per child) $1500 for postage (8 weekly packages) $150 for ziploc baggies (zipper pull kind)

End of the summer survey

Books in your Box Survey sent home in September, after school

started again 47% surveys were returned 100% parents and students liked getting books

in the mail “It raised the interest level for my child and

reminded me of his correct reading level.” “They were great books. They also served as a

good reminder to practice reading as it is easy to forget to do and before you know it the summer is over!”

Survey comments

“Yes, who doesn’t love to get mail? Unless someone wants your money and then you don’t! ”

“He loved getting the books in the mail and enjoyed reading the books to us. He loved going to get the mail to see if he got his book for the week. Just really excited ”

“It made her feel special to get mail like the adults.” “The books were fun and that made it easier to get

him to read them.” “At first she didn’t like getting the books in the mail

because I would make her read them.”

Survey comments – strategy cards “As a parent, I don’ t always know how

to help my child read. I didn’t go to school to learn to teach. These strategies helped me help my child.”

“I could help her in reading without giving her the answer.”

“It helped me to help him and to be more patient with him.”

Only one suggestion: a reading chart to turn in for a prize

Preliminary Summer Reading Initiatives’ Data, rising first graders

Preliminary Summer Reading Initiatives’ Data, rising second graders

Diminishing the summer slide . . .

Books in your Box

Questions?kwheeler@rcps.org

Read and Roll