Materials

Note: Access to these files is restricted to teachers in the Fusion Striving Readers project. A username and password is required. For assistance, please contact Aaron or Amber at help@stratepedia.org.

• Striving Readers Project Calendar, Spring 2011 (Word, 115 KB) Updated January 11, 2011

Fusion Reading Course Syllabus

• Fusion Year 1 Syllabus (Word, 33 KB)
• Fusion Course Organizer (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Professional Development Plan

• Fusion Professional Development Plan (Word, 33 KB)

Instructional Materials

• Vocabulary: Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes (Corrected version: Updated 10/20/10) (PDF, 123 KB)

Posters

• Lesson Format (PDF, 127 KB)
• 7-Step Vocabulary Process (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Ending/Exiting Class (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Entering/Beginning Class (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Direct Instruction Time (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Thinking Reading Time (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Partner/Group Work Time (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Prediction Strategy (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Sequence of Instruction (Year 1) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• Sequence of Instruction (Year 2) (PDF, 2.9 MB)

Prediction Strategy

• Opening Slides (PDF, 2 MB)
• Pre and Post Slides (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Lessons 2 through 8 and 10 Slides (PDF, 4.3 MB)
• Prediction Strategy Scoring Rubric (Word, 98 KB)
• Pre Post Test Form A (Word, 45 KB)
• Pre Post Test Form B (Word, 49 KB)
• Measure and Administration Guidebook (Word, 102 KB)
• Lexile (Excel, 37 KB)
• Form A Lexile GL (Excel, 20 KB)

Summarization Strategy

• Pre Post Test Form A (Word, 86 KB)
• Pre Post Test Form B (Word, 86 KB)
• Measure and Administration Guidebook (Word, 119 KB)
• Lexile (Excel, 45 KB)
• Form A Lexile GL (Excel, 20 KB)
• Summarization Response Form (Word, 33 KB)
• Summarization Response Form, Lined (Word, 45 KB)

Establish the Course

• The Reading Ability of People in Various Occupations (PDF, 78 KB)
• How Reading Ability Impacts Future Income (PDF, 74 KB)
• Does Education Matter? (PDF, 53 KB)
• Does Education Impact Salary? (PDF, 270 KB)
• Vocabulary Scoring Guidelines (PDF, 774 KB)

Possible Selves

• Possible Selves Questionnaire Highlight Form (Word, 37 KB)
• Possible Selves for Teachers (PDF, 14.9 MB)
• Possible Selves Pre-Post Test (PDF, 82 KB)

Other Materials

• Lexile conversion chart (PDF, 37 KB)
• Fusion Passage Lexile Scores II (Word, 74 KB)
• Sue’s Book Recommendations (PDF, 287 KB)