Student Literacy Stengths/Concerns by Staci Lauinger https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k en-us 2025-04-30 03:36:23 UTC 2025-04-30 16:38:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431919994 Suggestion: Continue reminding us which words are most important

]]> 2025-04-30 16:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431919994 Writing https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431920502 My students need lots of help with basic letter formation. Perhaps a handwriting curriculum might help.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431920502 Suggestion https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431920587 Suggestion: Have kids read "real literature" and read to them

]]> 2025-04-30 16:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431920587 Writing https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431921416 Students work on introductions, transition words, and conclusions


They are able to write a paragraph




]]> 2025-04-30 16:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431921416 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431921638 Writing is getting better as vocabulary awareness increases


]]> 2025-04-30 16:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431921638 Phonics https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431921711 Concern: Students in primary intervention groups are continuing to struggle with blending


]]> 2025-04-30 16:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431921711 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922221 Students struggle to form complete paragraphs that can be read fluently.


]]> 2025-04-30 16:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922221 ORF https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922258 More practice reading aloud to others (Volunteers ?? )

]]> 2025-04-30 16:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922258 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922397 Concern: Students need more practice reading out loud on a very frequent basis. When students have higher confidence in this area, they will be more likely to try to decode instead of guessing, more likely to volunteer in class, more likely to use expression, and more likely to comprehend.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922397 Writing https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922576 More practice than Amplify especially narrative @ 3rd

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922576 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922754 Students struggle to sound out words that they do not immediately recognize.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922754 Writing https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922770 Students struggle to create a comprehensive paragraph.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922770 Writing Suggestion https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922828 K needs more exposure and practice with writing sentences.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922828 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922837 Strength: Kids are able to retain information when it's read aloud

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431922837 communicating https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923196 I have to work hard to get complete sentences. Students are able to answer questions but get lazy and do not want to write in comple sentences.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923196 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923264 *Students have been writing detailed sentences.

*Recognizing parts of speech

*Recognizing parts of an informational article

]]> 2025-04-30 16:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923264 Idea https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923601 Use "Fluency Phones" sometimes for reading to self

]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923601 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923797 Reading Comprehension is increasing when we use the readers in the curriculum and the highlighted words in bold help to show the words we are working on in the lesson.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923797 Reading Comp https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923849 Time with rich literature both reading and being read to

]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923849 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923953 Students need to be exposed to reading aloud more frequently with passages at their level.


]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431923953 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924001 Amplify introduces topic specific vocabulary for each unit and lesson but this is never assessed or practiced. Students do not retain these definitions.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924001 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924110 Concern: My students need help with writing sentences. Using capital I, for instance, isn't automatic yet.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924110 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924240 Many of my students struggle with run-on sentences and general writing conventions


]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924240 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924516 Students need to have opportunities to partner read text at their level to practice oral reading fluency and accuracy (small group/intervention time)

]]> 2025-04-30 16:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924516 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924650 Students at all grade levels need to work on phonics. Students readily give up or insert a word, even if it doesn't make sense.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924650 Time https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924765 More teacher time prepping materials

]]> 2025-04-30 16:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431924765 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925022 concern- students do not have the skills to sound out unfamiliar words

]]> 2025-04-30 16:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925022 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925144 Students are doing well in close reading before responding to questions.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925144 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925390 Students struggle to be creative with their writing.

Suggestion: adding more free write time and hold students accountable for writing.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925390 Strength https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925665 Many of my 5th grade students are gaining more familiarity with note-taking and summarizing so they can write a meaningful paragraph based on a text.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925665 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925845 Concern: I have to supplement/adjust CKLA to get the SBA format


]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925845 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925885 I agree with the Whimsical Magpie. In the curriculum, once definitions are introduced at the beginning of lessons, we may talk about/refer to those vocabulary words throughout the unit but they are never assessed.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925885 Writing https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925995 I feel like students need more time practicing the writing process. They also need to build more stamina in writing. Students need to do more narrative writing.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431925995 Help https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926385 Post able vocab words that go along with our vocab list.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926385 ORF https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926392 Strength: Students are learning to read with all parts of fluency, not just speed.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926392 Strength https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926688 Using Read Naturally along with additional underlining/note-taking strategies is helping hugely with comprehension

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926688 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926716 Multiple 4th and 5th grade students still struggle to write letters correctly and in the right dirrection.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926716 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926725 Students do well in using vocabulary when discussing content.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926725 Writing https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926762 First grade can use more practice building writing stamina before they start learning all the corrections...

]]> 2025-04-30 16:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431926762 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431927017 Positive: MTSS has done a great job with my students

]]> 2025-04-30 16:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431927017 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431927181 “Re”-teach letter sounds first, stay away from letter names, esp for Kinders. Going through the alphabet chart “ah, beh, keh, etccc help kids make big gains in sounding out longer words, decoding first. Reviewing in upper grades will be maybe uncomfortable but game-like activities can make it less so.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431927181 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431927995 Even after given direction and examples on sentence starters, 4th and 5th graders struggle to write full sentence answers with sentence starters.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431927995 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431928815 concern- students struggle to produce complete sentences and paragraphs. Many have run-on sentences, and inaccurate spelling of simple words.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431928815 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431929856 Concern: Materials are difficult for students to read and comprehend. For example, 2-step word problems are confusing, not b/c of the math but because of the words.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431929856 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431930125 Being able to come up with a topic sentence and closing sentence without support.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431930125 Feedback https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431931054 We should probably have a pre-determined assessment to be used across all grade levels for math and ELA vocab, of course changing the words at each grade level. But the assessment currently seems inconsistent even though the practices in classrooms seem to be going great

]]> 2025-04-30 16:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431931054 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431931706 concern-students cannot start a sentence/paragraph without assistance. They are not able to answer questions in complete sentences. Missing the details in paragraphs to add to their writing. They want to copy down what the teacher does and not able to be creative on their own with out specific guidance

]]> 2025-04-30 16:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431931706 Vocabulary https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431932569 Amplified uses vocabulary that is not relevant to the students world or experience and it does not supply teachers with any visuals.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431932569 Concern https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431932802 Concern: I think we have made growth in this area but I don't know if we have done enough. Further data is needed.

]]> 2025-04-30 16:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431932802 AAP Priority https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431932913 I think this should be on the AAP for all grade levels. This impacts so much across reading and writing. MTSS and resource have great materials for teaching these skills at higher grade levels where it's less of a priority in Amplify, and we should share them!

]]> 2025-04-30 16:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431932913 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431933283 CKLA has too many vocab words, testing them doesn't seem important

]]> 2025-04-30 16:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431933283 https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431934815 Suggestion: vocab assessments

]]> 2025-04-30 16:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/slauinger/pa008v0bfbuswm1k/wish/3431934815