As I stated in a previous post, our curriculum for the R.E.A.L. room has been about one year in the making. Bethany and I, with the guidance of Todd, tried out several different reading plans on some students for the past two semesters. Through trial and error and lots of discussion, we found that the Carbo reading method was the most user friendly while also producing the greatest gains. Carbo is used in classrooms nationwide every single day. We decided to try it with students once a week and see if it still produced results. This would ensure more students received instruction each week. It worked! The fall semester of 2006 we instructed 6 different students, 2 of which received instruction twice a week, 4 only once a week. These students make significant gains in only one semester. Most of the students’ reading scores jumped one whole grade level, while some jumped a semester. We were very excited with these results, and hope to see more students improving their reading levels and their appreciation for learning in the next semester!
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