Daily Instruction - An Essential Element for Accelerated Learning and Effective Implementation of Reading Recovery

Daily Instruction—An Essential Element 

for Accelerated Learning 

and Effective Implementation of Reading Recovery   

“It makes a difference if you get a lesson every day and make a rapid progression up through the book levels—the pace with which your learning accelerates is somehow advantageous.

If the child moves forward slowly, possibly missing lessons here and there, the end result is not as satisfactory as speedy progress through the book levels.  It is as if the brain cells need to be involved tomorrow in what they explored today to consolidate some permanent change in their structure.” (Clay, p. 151 LL2)

Consider the following chart:

WEEK	# of Lessons per Week
	If 3 lessons per week	If 4 lessons per week	If 5 lessons per week
1	3	4	5
2	6	8	10
3	9	12	15
4	12	16	20
5	15	20	25
6	18	24	30
7	21	28	35
8	24	32	40
9	27	36	45*
10	30	40	50
11	33	44*	55
12	36	48	60
13	39	52	65
14	42	56	70
15	45*	60	75

* a child who has had 5 lessons per week will have received 45 lesson over the span of 9 weeks whereas a child who has received 3 lessons per week will take 6 additional weeks in order to have completed 45 lessons

Reflect:

~ How might you use this chart along with individual attendance registers to monitor daily lessons?   

~ How might the school team ensure a minimum of interruptions to the daily delivery of lessons?

~ How might the school team promote regular attendance by children?

~ If professional learning from the other part of your role involves a full day session, how might the school team work to ensure that missed Reading Recovery lessons are made up?

Please share some of the creative ways that your school team has ensured that intensive daily lessons occur.