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Reading Wings is a 90-minute
daily comprehensive program that targets the needs of
students reading at the 2nd through 6th grade levels
to ensure their consistent growth as proficient readers.
Reading Wings is based on scientific principles and
proven, through control-group research, to improve students’
reading comprehension. Students are assessed and regrouped
according to their reading level every quarter to ensure
they are receiving the most focused instruction possible.
 Students
in grades 2-6 who have successfully learned to decode
need more sophisticated reading skills to become proficient
readers. These skills include vocabulary development,
reading comprehension, fluency, oral language development,
and written expression. Students also need ample opportunities
to read both narrative and expository text.
Reading Wings teaches students comprehension
strategies, such as summarization, clarification, graphic
organizers, story structure, and prediction, so that
students can become confident, strategic readers.
Reading Wings lessons feature the following parts:
In Listening Comprehension, teachers use fiction or
nonfiction text to model strategic reading and engage
students in interactive dialogue about story elements,
author’s craft, or expository text structure.
The teacher reads the selection interactively with the
students, asks higher-order thinking questions, and
involves them in discussing the story structure of narrative
and expository text, literary devices, genres, and making
predictions.
 Students
spend approximately 55 minutes participating in Reading
Together. During this time, student activities are guided
by Treasure Hunts that are created to support a variety
of reading materials, from the second- through eighth-grade
reading levels. Treasure Hunts focus on story-related
activities, which begin with teacher-directed story
motivation, vocabulary, and story introduction. Partner/team
practice guides students through a sequence for reading
and discussing the text. Teachers closely monitor student
teams to model the use of comprehension strategies.
Adventures in Writing activities are linked to the texts
that the students are reading. They are designed to
extend students’ thinking about certain concepts
or skills, provide instruction in different types of
writing, and engage students in working through the
writing process in a cooperative setting.
Toward the end of each day’s lesson, students
participate in Two-Minute Edit, a whole-group activity
that focuses on a grammar or mechanics objective selected
by the teacher from a sentence or short paragraph in
their writing.
Book Club, which is done two or three times each week,
is for students to share the books and stories they
have enjoyed with their classmates. Book Club is an
opportunity to reinforce and celebrate the reading that
students complete each night at home.
Reading Wings can be used with a variety of texts, either
trade books or basal anthologies. Schools must possess
or purchase a quarterly assessment tool such as the
Success for All Foundation’s 4Sight (if available
for your state) or the Gates McGinitie or Scholastic
Reading Inventory. Materials for each basal series or
trade book include:
- Teacher’s Guide
- Student Materials to Support Basals
or Trade Books
- Student Test Materials
- Reading Strategy Cue Cards
- Team and Teacher Folders (including
Team Score Sheets and Record Forms)
Use the following link(s) to browse sample lessons
from Reading Wings.
Reading
Wings - sample Targeted Treasure Hunt (expository)
from Grade 3
Reading
Wings - sample Targeted Treasure Hunt (narrative)
from Grade 3
Your SFAF Coach builds a partnership with your school
through training sessions, on-site coaching, scheduled
telephone meetings, quarterly progress reports, and
informal telephone support. The professional development
provided by SFAF staff is designed to support district
and school leaders and teachers as they make substantial
changes in their approach to classroom instruction.
The two-day initial training prepares teachers to implement
Reading Wings. The training focuses on:
- Teaching word recognition, fluency,
and comprehension skills.
- Elements of the lessons that provide
engaging images, routines, and practice needed to
ensure success for each student.
- Tools for assessing students’
progress and adapting lessons based on assessments
to meet individual and group needs.
- Cooperative learning strategies
that provide the practice and repetition students
need.
- Support for administrators and
district personnel as they prepare to manage the program,
monitor student progress, and support high-quality
implementation.
- A one-day training for school leaders
to address grouping and assessment issues such as
program monitoring and coaching strategies
Goal-focused achievement planning sets the stage for
success. School leaders and your SFAF Coach develop
specific goals and monitor student progress.
- Every quarter, Reading Wings teachers,
schools leaders, and your SFAF Coach review student
progress data.
- Goals and interventions for
the following quarter are planned based on the data.
As the year progresses, you will have a variety of ways
to work with your SFAF Coach to review your progress
and refine your goals. Your school receives:
- Telephone meetings two to three
weeks after initial training to answer questions and
troubleshoot.
- Four on-site support visits over
the year at each school to observe classes, meet with
Reading Wings teachers and administrators, review
data on student progress, and set new goals.
- Follow-up telephone meetings with
small groups of Reading Wings teachers at each grade
level. These quarterly telephone meetings support
implementation of the program by providing teachers
with further training, troubleshooting, goal setting,
and help with assessment issues.
- Unlimited, informal telephone
support for all staff members.
Do you want to learn more about Reading Wings? Please
call and talk to one of our staff members at 1-800-548-4998,
ext.2372, or fill out the information
request form online. We
can provide documentation to demonstrate how Success
for All programs are aligned with your state's educational
objectives.
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