PAWS Time

Literacy Intervention & Enrichment Block

Purpose of PAWS Time…

Provide intervention and enrichment for students in literacy

Avoid students missing other subjects to receive intervention/enrichment

Help all students reach their MAP goal in reading by providing additional individualized literacy instruction

Who will be involved in PAWS Time?

All Hands on DeckClassroom TeachersSpecial Ed TeachersSpecialists Instructional AidesTitle I Teacher Interventionists IRT

Go Pumas!

When will PAWS Time happen?

Monday through Thursday 8:45-9:15 Beginning Early November

PALS for all students during the first 4 weeks New rotation every 6-8 weeks thereafter

How will we determine what our Pumas need during PAWS Time?

MAP Reading Data Running Record Data Formative Assessments Classroom Data Curriculum Based Measurements (CBMs)

What will PAWS Time look like?

Intervention Fluency Guided Reading LLI Direct Instruction

Enrichment Book Clubs PBL

Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS)

What is PALS?

Supplemental Reading Program A scientifically based and feasible practice

promoting higher achievement Based on 15 years of research through

Vanderbilt University Students are paired and take turns being

the tutor and tutee for structured activities

How does PALS work? Teachers train students to correctly use

the structured activities Scripted materials guide teachers through

training of students Structured activities focus on key skills in

reading and promote student engagement

K-PALS

Letter Sound Correspondence Phonemic Awareness Early Decoding Word Identification Sentence Reading

1st Grade PALS

Letter Sound Correspondence Phonemic Awareness Early Decoding Word Identification Sentence and Story Reading Fluency Building Activities

2nd – 5th Grade PALS

Fluency Development Comprehension Focus

Partner Reading with RetellsParagraph ShrinkingPrediction Relay

PAWS Time – The First 4 Weeks

All students will be trained in PALS Student partners will be matched using

MAP reading data Teachers, Specialists and Instructional

Aides will be paired to implement PALS

PAWS Time – Into the Future After 4 weeks of PALS training, we will begin

intervention/enrichment along with PALS Instructional Aides and Specialists will supervise

PALS while classroom, special ed and Title I teachers work with students in intervention/enrichment

New rotation every 7 weeks