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Teaching and Learning
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| DATE: | Tuesday, September 8, 2020 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | Addison Davis, Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| <p>Approve the Purchase of Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight (SIPPS) Word Challenge and Extension Level Programs to Provide Developmentally Appropriate Phonics Instruction for Students in Grades 2 and Above <em>(Academic Services)</em></p> | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| <p>SIPPS Challenge and Extension Level programs are research-based foundational skills programs proven to help struggling readers in Grades 2 and above build skills and confidence for fluent, independent reading. The SIPPS Challenge and Extension Level programs provide a structured literacy approach to foundational skills instruction through explicit instructional routines focused on phonological awareness, spelling-sounds, and sight words, with immediate application to reading connected text and to spelling.</p> <p>The systematic scope and sequence support students who struggle with decoding, including students identified with dyslexia, in an accelerative approach. SIPPS lessons and reading practice with appropriate texts help readers achieve automaticity and accuracy, which in turn allows them to focus on comprehension. </p> <p>The Challenge and Extension Level programs teach the polysyllabic decoding strategies necessary for students, in Grades 2 and above, to become independent and fluent readers. The Challenge and Extension Level programs will be used as an intervention program for older students who can read at a Grade 1 level or higher. </p> | |
| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| <p>• Improve Student Achievement</p> | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: No) | |
| EVALUATION | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Terry Connor, Deputy Superintendent for Instruction, Academic Services, terry.connor@hcps.net, (813) 272-4221 | |
| Gretchen Saunders | ||
| Chief Financial Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| B 6.09 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20200908_1009 (Board Meeting followed by Public Hearing) * Section B Item# 6.09 | ||