DLI 1st grade guide

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

Reading Software

Reading Software programs can be utilized by students as a practice station during the ELA skill-based instruction time. Programs should be used for intervention and support and not be used during core instruction time. Students identified as below-benchmark, or well below- benchmark on Acadience Fall testing may benefit from utilizing one of the identified programs as part of a targeted intervention plan . A student can be exited from a program by meeting grade level benchmark expectations. Each LEA agrees to the following conditions of participation in the EISP: **New for 2023-2024** The LEA agrees to implement the software with fidelity. Fidelity is defined by the vendor with the following recommendations:

Critical Actions for Educators ------------------------------- ● Select the software intervention program to be used. ● Identify students that may beneft from use of the program. ● Identify a time for students to participate. ● Support students with program access. ● Monitor student progress. ● Use program data to evaluate student progress. ● Adjust instruction and software usage

Amira Videos : Demo Videos/Explore Amira

Overview: Amira stems from decades of research and development and is the first program of its kind to support all five pillars of Reading. Amira listens while a student reads out loud to assess and report on students’ skills across these key pillars of reading and enables oral reading practice. Amira delivers micro-interventions in these categories: phonological awareness; decoding; sight recognition; logic, literacy knowledge and language structures; and knowledge building. Each micro-intervention is a “scaffold” that supports the early reader in mastering foundational reading skills. 2023-2024: fidelity recommendations: Amira suggests that students will significantly accelerate their reading growth by practicing with Amira for 30-60 minutes total per week. This amounts to about 2-3 sessions per week. If you want to have students read with Amira every day, we suggest about 1-3 stories per day. On average, stories take 4-7 minutes to complete; however, story lengths and student speeds will vary. Families, teachers, and students can monitor if 2 stories per day yield about 30-60 minutes per week (our usage recommendation) and adapt expectations accordingly. As students complete stories, Amira will level the following

minutes as necessary.