What are the characteristics of DI that are embedded in Reading Mastery?
- Ongoing monitoring of students' understanding
- Immediate corrective feedback
- Decision-making based on student performance
- High expectations for student learning
- Efficient use of instructional time
- Choral responses increases opportunities to respond
- Students are actively engaged
Reading Mastery Contains--
- Complete lesson plans
- DI techniques
- Specific correction procedures
- Complete stories and novels
- High interest stories
- Reading in the content areas (III & IV)
- Fully coordinated materials
- Continuous in-program tests
- Built-in management system
Reading Mastery Program Design
- Focus on essential reading skills
- Skill introduction is sequenced carefully
- Pre-skills are taught
- Systematic (easy skills are taught before more difficult skills)
- Reading material is appropriate to skill level
- Practice is sufficient to ensure mastery
- Teacher materials are carefully scripted
Reading Mastery Overview
Reading Mastery Classic (I, II, FC) focuses on Learning to Read
Reading Mastery Plus ( 3 and 4) focuses on Reading to Learn
Reading Mastery Plus (5 and 6) focuses on Learning through Literature
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