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Throughout the entire 2nd grade, all the teachers use similar language for the students.

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Students are assessed in reading through the IRLA program. When being assessed on the language standards, the students are assessed holistically.

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The students have the opportunity to pick books each week. The class is given 60 different IRLA books to choose from each week that rotate throughout the school. The teacher also has her own library the students can pick books from.

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Within i-Ready there are lessons that are used once a week. The classroom uses anchor charts, interactive read-alouds and writing notebooks to support literacy instruction. "Accountable Talk," is also used in the classroom for independent reading. Students are given a task before they read independently and have to share their findings with the class when finished.

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The computer program i-Ready

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Independent Reading Level Assessment
IRLA tracks the students progress in reading by using "steps." A step is 15 minutes of independent reading and is recorded on a log by the student as well as the teacher records it on the computer each day.

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There is ability tracking for reading done through the IRLA program as well as allowing students to be grouped by skill level. Students are assigned a color and number combination for their reading level. For writing, they use Collaborative Classroom to track the students. Their writing is focused around their interests and what they want to write about.

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In order to track the students progress in ELA, they use a testing program called "i-Ready."

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In the classroom there is 120 minutes of ELA instruction. It is broken down into 30 minute sections. There is time for IRLA (independent reading), skills group where students are in small group instruction with various adults, tier 1 working on Common Core Learning Standards, and lastly writing time.

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The Common Core Learning Standards are taught through a pacing guide that the teachers created to make sure they keep track for the entire school year. However, they are not represented in the classroom visibly

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There is a Tier 2 Reading Specialist in the school.
The students who are not at grade level for reading are pulled out for 30 minutes a day for more support.  Students are given support in the skills needed to master their IRLA level.

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There are 20 students and 1 teacher in the classroom.

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The top shelf shows the IRLA bins (1B, 2B, 1R, 2R, and Wt are the different levels)

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Classroom library that is organized by series

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Classroom library that is organized by non-fiction and fiction

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Classroom library- organized by non-fiction and fiction

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Students earn awards when reaching a certain number of steps

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Vowel Sound Posters in the Classroom

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Students are expected to behave this way during independent reading