2. Current Reality
O Only 53% of 6th graders and 65% of 7th graders in
the SWD category met or exceeded standards for
the Reading/ELA (combined) CRCT
O Our 6th – 8th grade ELL students experienced a
dramatic increase in math performance; however,
their combined Reading/ELA CRCT scores
decreased from 96.8% to 87.1% meeting or
exceeding standards.
O Weakest areas of Social Studies and Science
portions of the CRCT are in comprehension and
informational text
O Greatest Areas of Concern: Students that are 3-5
years below reading level (including SWD and ELL
subgroups)
3. Kindles for Kids Pilot
O 20 Kindles will be purchased to be used by 6-8th
grade students who are enrolled in Reading.
O Students who do not score 825 and above on the
CRCT are enrolled in a Reading class
O Kindles will be pre-loaded with high interest books
for students to read.
O Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) will also be
purchased.
O reading assessment program that measures reading
comprehension on the Lexile Framework for Reading
O Teachers will use SRI to monitor students reading
skills, differentiate instruction, make meaningful
interventions
4. Adjust font Low cost
size to
improve
readability Highlight text
Built in
dictionary Why the Text to
Kindle? speech
capability
Low learning Can store a
curve for library of
teachers; highly “just right”
motivating for books” for
students students
5. Grant Goal #1
Improve students' attitude and interest for reading
Grant Goal #2
Increase ability to analyze and interpret text
Grant Goal #3
Increase reading comprehension by reinforcing
strategies like highlighting text, writing margin notes,
clipping text, and learning 3rd level vocabulary words
6. Professional Learning
O 6 Reading teachers and the Media Specialist
O Professional Learning will be delivered face to face
and online.
O District Assistive Technology Specialist will deliver
Intro to the Kindle session
O SRI Training will be delivered free of charge by
Scholastic
O Ongoing discussion and reflection will be done using
Edmodo. A group will be set up for these teachers that
will be facilitated by the Assistive Technology
Specialist. There will be weekly discussion prompts
and polls. Teachers will engage in conversations
about using the features of the Kindles to help
students’ improve their reading skills.
8. Evaluation
O Reading teachers will monitor students’ growth
using SRI.
O A survey will be conducted at the beginning of
the grant period and at the end of the year to get
feedback from students about their attitudes and
interests about reading.
O End year standardized test scores will be
analyzed to determine growth
