Description
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
- Introduction
- How to Use This Programme Guide
- How the New Heights Programme Works
- Using the New Heights Programme
- Components of the New Heights Programme
- Student Titles
- Audio Support
- Activities
- Additional Resources
- Features of the New Heights Stages
- Who Can Use the New Heights Programme?
- Leveling
- How to Implement the New Heights Programme
- Organisation
- Assessing the Student’s Starting Level
- Book Selection
- Introducing the Student Handbook
- Using the Orientation and Conferencing Plans
- Reading Practice
- Supported Practice
- Independent Practice
- Prompts for Teachers to Use During Conferences
- Deciding What the Student Does Next
- Teacher-initiated Conferences
- Giving Written Feedback
- Activities
- Using the Progress Graph
- Using the Record of Students’ Work
- Recording Students’ Oral Reading
- Moving On
- Assessment
- Running Records
- Using New Heights Assessment
- Administering New Heights Assessment
- Scoring New Heights Assessment
- New Heights Comprehension Check
- Determining the Student’s Instructional Reading Level
- Assessment Using a Simple Count of
- Uncorrected Errors
- Assessment Using Cloze Activities
- Fluency and the New Heights Programme
- Assessing Fluency
- The New Heights Programme and English
- Language Learners
- Supporting English Language Learners
- Managing the New Heights Programme
- Time Required for the New Heights Programme Students Working Outside the Classroom
- Students Working Within the Classroom
- Using Tutors and Volunteers
- Managing the Resources and Equipment
- Reading at Home with the New Heights Programme
- Frequently Asked Questions
- The Research Base of Audio-facilitated Reading
- The Research Base of the
- New Heights Programme
- Overview Charts
- References
- Acknowledgements
