Passport Reading Journeys Strategic Intervention Program Overview Grades 6–12 AVAILABLE IN BUILDS ENGAGED, MOTIVATED READERS WITH HIGH-INTEREST CONTENT WITH PASSPORT READING JOURNEYS, STUDENTS READ CLOSELY AND INDEPENDENTLY Passport Reading Journeys™ (PRJ) with Updated Content is an engaging literacy solution for middle and high school students reading below grade level. The research-validated reading intervention uses a blended approach with real-world, relevant, captivating content and motivating technology components that support and enhance instruction. FEATURES RELATED BENEFITS Engaging video segments MOTIVATE students to participate in lessons moderated by peers and build background knowledge. Interactive, student-centered PREPARE students for high-stakes exams online technology components and engage them in online literacy activities. Age-appropriate, high-interest ENGAGE students while building reading content and instruction skills and closing the achievement gap. INTEGRATE collaborative learning Students and teachers can opportunities, immediate feedback, and highlight, annotate, write, student self-monitoring using multiple and bookmark digital materials devices anytime, anywhere. Reading activities focused on INSPIRE students to focus on college and career. career and real-world learning Who Needs Passport Reading Journeys? • Students in grades 6–12 who are reading one to three years below grade level • Students with varied needs, including English language learners Implement with a blend 2 www.voyagersopris.com/prj of print and digital or 100% digitally PASSPORT READING JOURNEYS STUDENTS GET PRACTICE IN KEY LITERACY STRANDS PRJ with Updated Content provides sequenced skills, immediate feedback, and opportunities for focused review and guided practice through engaging, high-interest reading Expeditions. The topics motivate students to read more complex content, moving them to grade-level reading comprehension. In every expedition, students focus on: • Word study • Informational and literary text • Writing • Fluency • Vocabulary and comprehension • Content-area reading Timeless Topics. Captivating Content. Growth to Grade-Level Reading. Each level of PRJ includes a two-week, 10-lesson expedition format that utilizes content-rich, high-interest science, math, fine art, literature, and social studies topics to teach literacy. Passport Reading Journeys III Passport Reading Journeys II Lexile Range 800–1,200 Lexile Range 750–1,100 Passport Reading Journeys I Who Am I? Passport Reading Journeys Lexile Range 600–950 Beginnings Connections: How We Fit R U Online? Lexile Range 500–900 Sounds of Life The Global Community— Together—American cultures People around the world Forensics: Digging into the Criminology Connections—Self realization Forensics: Crime Scene— Past—Archaeological forensic An Army of Progress 911—Medical emergencies Investigations behind crime mysteries Now You See It Wild Thing—Unusual animals scenes Space: Traveling into the Across Cultures Beating the Odds—Sports Unknown—The study of space Space: What’s out There?— Back in Time challenges Astronomy Your Health: Fit Minds, Fit The Future of Our Fact or Fiction?—Urban Your Health: Mind Over Bodies—Connection between Past Fashionistas legends and hoaxes Body—General health and the mind and body Below the Surface—The ocean nutrition Shockwaves: Earthquakes, Is This Art?—How art is a Weather Disasters: Take Volcanoes, Tsunamis—Ways we matter of perspective Cover!—Uncontrollable forces study and react to forces Make It Right!—The of nature of nature environment Computers: Changing Times— The Internet: A Wired Thinking Big—Things that Technology then and now World—Issues in today’s online make a difference Money: What’s It Worth?— environment E-World—Technology World exchange system Money Matters—What things cost Motion and Emotion—The The Environment: Impacting world of human motion Change—Environmental issues Watch out!—Investigating the appeal of scary stories 3 PROVEN INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH PRJ CONSISTENTLY DELIVERS SUSTAINED RESULTS ACROSS THE YEARS The following data are from a system-wide analysis of students receiving PRJ instruction during a six-year cohort period (2006–07 through 2011–12). This analysis included students from 42 states and 337 districts in grades 6–9. With this amount of Lexile growth, students are increasing their academic vocabulary, reading increasingly complex texts, and increasing domain knowledge. Lexile Gain for 6th Grade: 93L Lexile Gain for 6th Grade: Average Lexile Gain Across 102 106 th 93L 99 6 Grade Students (n=36,591) END OF YEAR 92 Average Lexile Gain Across 102 106 89 84 th PRJ Beginnings 99 92 6 Grade Students (n=36,591) END OF YEAR 89 84 70L Typical Gain PRJ Beginnings 70L Typical Gain BEGINNING OF YEAR 653L BEGINNING OF YEAR 653L 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 560L 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 560L 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 T YPICAL* 70L T YPICAL* 70L ACTUAL 93L ACTUAL 93L Lexile Gain for 7th Grade: Lexile Gain for 7th Grade: 108LAverage Lexile Gain Across 123 119 th END OF YEAR 105 109 107 108L7 Average Grade Students Lexile Gain (n=42,264) Across 123 119 97 th END OF YEAR 105 109 107 7 Grade PRJStudents Level (n=42,264)I 97 PRJ Level I 706L 70L Typical Gain BEGINNING OF YEAR 70L Typical Gain BEGINNING OF YEAR 706L 598L 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 598L 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 T YPICAL* 70L T YPICAL* 70L ACTUAL 108L ACTUAL 108L Reading is the nucleus of everything—of science, of socialLexile studies,Gain for and 8th ofGrade: reading itself. 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I truly believe this program will help many children become157 adults with 147 152 147 147 150LAverage Lexile Gain Across END OF YEAR 142 greater opportunities. 152 157 th 147 147 147 150L8 Average Grade Students Lexile Gain (n=35,175) Across 142 th 814L 8 GradePRJ Students Level II(n=35,175) —Leslie Sanchez, Reading/Language Arts Teacher PRJ Level II 814L Doral Academy Preparatory School, Miami-Dade, Florida BEGINNING OF YEAR BEGINNING OF YEAR 50L Typical Gain 664L 50L Typical Gain 664L 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 4 www.voyagersopris.com/prj 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 T YPICAL* 50L T YPICAL* 50L ACTUAL 150L ACTUAL 150L 93L Lexile Gain for 6th Grade: Average Lexile Gain Across 102 106 th 99 92 6 Grade Students (n=36,591) END OF YEAR 89 84 PRJ Beginnings 70L Typical Gain BEGINNING OF YEAR 653L 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 560L 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 T YPICAL* 70L ACTUAL 93L Lexile Gain for 7th Grade: 108LAverage Lexile Gain Across 123 119 th END OF YEAR 105 109 107 7 Grade Students (n=42,264) 97 PRJ Level I 70L Typical Gain BEGINNING OF YEAR 706L 598L 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 The greatest strength of Passport Reading Journeys is thatT YPICAL* it encapsulates70L key content areas into the program, from recognizing the need to engage teens in the learning process to scaffolding instruction. ACTUAL 108L –Dr. Donald Deshler, Director of the Center for Reading and Learning University of Kansas Lexile Gain for 8th Grade: END OF YEAR 157 147 152 147 147 150LAverage Lexile Gain Across 142 8th Grade Students (n=35,175) PRJ Level II 814L BEGINNING OF YEAR 664L 50L Typical Gain 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 T YPICAL* 50L ACTUAL 150L Lexile Gain for 9th Grade: 165 173 127LAverage Lexile Gain Across 135 9th Grade Students (n=9,551) 116 110 PRJ Level III END OF YEAR 100 BEGINNING OF YEAR 829L 702L 50L Typical Gain 2006– 2007– 2008– 2009– 2010– 2011– 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 T YPICAL* 50L ACTUAL 127L *According to MetaMetrics®, the typical Lexile gain for 50th percentile students in grades 6 and 7 is approximately 70 Lexiles per year. Typical gain for students in grades 8 and 9 is 50 Lexiles. Students below the 50th percentile must gain more than what is typical to close the acheivement gap. 5 HOW IT WORKS ENGAGING, FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH The emphasis of the explicit, systematic instruction is on advanced word study, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Lessons consist of whole group instruction, independent reading and technology-based practice, and collaborative student- and teacher-directed small-group instruction. Components of Instruction/Expedition WHOLE-GROUP INSTRUCTION COMPREHENSION Comprehension Strategies & VOCABULARY • Content-area passages ASSESSMENT • Student activity pages High-stakes format Vocabulary Writing in Response to Reading Advanced Word Study Writing Extensions (optional) LEVELED, GUIDED INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ReadingScape Online Library SOLO® (Strategic Online ACTION-PACKED VIDEO Learning Opportunities) INTRODUCES NEW • Fluency EXPEDITION TOPIC LEVELED, FLEXIBLE • Vocabulary SMALL-GROUP • Comprehension INSTRUCTION • Test preparation Comprehension Strategy Review PRJ Classroom Library Word Study (optional) • Self-selected reading of • Decoding authentic text • Vocabulary VocabJourney Power Pass online test-readiness component 6 www.voyagersopris.com/prj Each Expedition includes: • Motivating, repeated instructional routines that build on skills • Teacher modeling that promotes the “I do, we do, you do” instructional method to guide students to independence • Integration of content-area texts in