Getting Started
Is Bookworms considered curriculum or curricular materials? Why?
What is Bookworms is curricular materials because it supports the curriculum which is the content which is taught (Michigan standards)?
MINEFIELD! These are the four members of the A-Team.
Who are Face, Hannibal Smith, B.A. Baracus, and Murdock.
Appendix B provides a list of these which students will be using daily.
What is a grade level book list?
Out of the following grade level reading measurements, which one was used in determining grade level text selections in Bookworms? Choices: Lexile, Fountas & Pinnell, or Reading A to Z?
What is lexile?
Fill in the blank from this quote from the Bookworms introduction: "Please do not use Bookworms Read and Writing unless you make the _______."
What is time?
These are the lesson periods built into Bookworms.
What are shared reading, ELA, and differentiated instruction?
This is the reason the differentiated skills block does not begin until the second marking period for Kindergarten students.
What is to allow time for teachers to teach classroom routines and for Kindergarten students to become accustomed to school?
Appendix C describes a snapshot of the pacing calendar for the school year. This is the recommendation that the Bookworms program makes for the pacing calendar in the beginning of using Bookworms?
What is integrate the pacing guide with the school calendar to get a realistic view of how much of the content will actually be taught?
MINEFIELD! On the famous tv show, ALF is an abbreviation for this.
What is "alien life form"?
This is a reason why the Bookworms program is begin used at East Leroy Elementary.
What is to provide staff with a structure for teaching reading and providing interventions which is consistent across grade levels? An alternate reason might be to provide new teachers with a means of support in teaching reading.
Bookworms suggests this length of time to teach the program with fidelity.
What are three 45 minute session? 45 minutes X 3 sessions = 135 minutes?
These are two things teachers can do to get started using Bookworms.
What are
1. Clear walls for posters and anchor charts.
2. Make room in the classroom for additional materials.
3. Be using the shared reading lesson plans beginning the first Monday of implementation.
Appendix F provides a description of the Informal Decoding Inventory. This is the definition of the an Informal Decoding Inventory
What is a collection of subtests designed to provide data on how to group students according to skills deficiencies? Subtests diagnose how students decode words from syllables.
The following book titles are indicative of this grade level in Bookworms: "The Boxcar Children", "Magic Tree House", and "The BFG".
What is Grade Two?
MINEFIELD! This is the name of the public beach in Battle Creek that is on Goguac Lake.
What is Willard Beach?
The Bookworms program is heavy on this genre of reading.
What is informational text?
This block of time is independent of the other two blocks of time built into the Bookworms program.
What is the differentiated instruction block?
MINEFIELD! This is the definition of yacht rock AND and example of a yacht rock song.
What is soft rock music from the mid to late 70s and early 80s. Some examples include "I Keep Forgettin'" (Michael McDonald), "Sailing" (Christopher Cross), and "Rosanna" (Toto).
In Kindergarten, two things are listed as most important when choosing texts at the kindergarten level. These are those two things.
What are text type and quality?
The ELA lesson plans predominantly teach this to students.
What are various types of writing skills.
Much of the Bookworms materials are OERs. This is an OER.
What is an Open Educational Resource?
This is the reason why Bookworms lesson plans are repetitive in nature.
What is so instructional time will be used to teach using new text instead of teaching new procedures. Essentially to make instructional time as efficient as possible.
According to Appendix G: Opportunities for Assessment, these are three examples of additional assessments which are provided as part of the Bookworms program.
What are vocabulary assessments, word study tests, written responses, oral reading fluency measure, informal decoding inventory, and holistic assessments?
Qualitative and quantitative measures were used in selecting book titles for Bookworms. Fill in the blank: Quantitative measures target ____________. Qualitative measures target levels of _____________, language complexity, and knowledge demands.
What are "quantitative measures target readability. Qualitative measures target levels of meaning, language complexity, and knowledge demands."
The Bookworms program was formed around the CCSS standards. Literacy standards in Michigan are called the Michigan K-12 standards. This is a suggestions for integrating both.
What is the Michigan K-12 standards are CCSS in content so the two still integrate well together?