ESU is able to offer services to support students with their reading as well as services to support teachers in the classroom. Districts can utilize our reading specialists to conduct individual or group services. Our reading specialist staff can also complete individual assessments which will be documented in a written report.
Our reading specialist is able to provide the following services:
Professional Development / Coaching Services:
- Guided Reading
- Literature Circles
- Conferencing with students
- Word Study
- Reading Intervention
- Understanding Reading Assessments
- Daily 5
- Lucy Calkins’s writing program
- Integrating reading & writing skills across all curriculum areas
Reading Specialist & Services:
- Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment
- Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading
- Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention
- Fundations
- Phonemic Intervention Services
- Comprehension Intervention Services
- Daily 5
Reading Assessments:
- WIST (Word Identification and Spelling Test)
- GORT-5 (Gray Oral Reading Test; 5th Edition)