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Digger Deeper into DIBELS and UAT Activities

Presented by Gale Fahey and Lisa Tirado

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DIBELS

Objectives:

  • Use DIBELS Probe to inform instruction
  • Create UAT Activities

WHY? Use DIBELS to:

  • group students based on need
  • reclassify EL students

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DIBELS

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Step 1

Log in to your DIBELS account

lausd.mclasshome.com

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Step 2

Click mclass DIBELS Next

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Step 3

Press the Tab of the most recent assessment (BOY or MOY)

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Step 4

Press the name of the student

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Step 5

Click on the number that represents the student’s score in the most recent DORF Fluency (or NWF

or PSF or CLS)

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Step 5 -continued

  • Look at the words the student read incorrectly during the assessment.

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  • Scroll down to view each probe.

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Step 6

Notice any patterns or similarities among the errors

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  • CVC
  • blends
  • long vowels
  • multi-syllabic
  • r-controlled

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  • soft/hard c or g
  • high frequency words
  • inflectional endings

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Step 7

  • Group students who have similar needs together for UAT.

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  • Build Foundational Skills

(work on lowest level skill)

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Step 7 - continued

Green in DIBELS?

  • Fluency Work
  • Basic Comprehension
  • Literature Circles
  • Vocabulary Work
  • Figurative Language

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Step 8

  • Go to the table (Phonological Awareness, Phonics Continuum, Reading Skills) that you have the most expertise in.
  • Work with colleagues to generate UAT activities (both teacher led and independent)

**FCRR **95% Group **Internet/Google/Websites

  • Please include activities that are academically beneficial
  • Be prepared to share out.

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Phonological Awareness

Link to Popplet Tree Map with activities

http://popplet.com/app/#/3991322

*Words in a sentence

*Syllables

*Onset-Rime and Rhyming

*Phonemes -Isolate, Identify, and Categorize

*Blending and Segmentation

*Deletion, Addition, and Substitution

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Phonics Continuum

Link to Activities

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/22036280-phonics-continuum

*CVC words (initial, final, medial)

*Blends and Digraphs

*Long Vowel, silent e

*Predictable vowel teams

*Unpredictable vowel teams

*High Frequency Words

*R-controlled

*Trigraphs

*Silent Letters

*Hard/Soft g and c

*Inflectional Endings

*Multi-syllabic Words

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Comprehension Activities

Link to Popplet Tree Map with activities

http://popplet.com/app/#/3991342

*Fluency Work

*Basic Comprehension

*Literature Circles

*Vocabulary Work (ex:affixes, root words…)

*Figurative Language

*Other Ideas

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