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Because, “there will always be more good ideas than there is capacity to execute,” (The 4 Disciplines of Execution), at ARC we work collaboratively across divisions to refine/revise/re-prioritize the Product Development plan to meet the needs of our customers.


We are experimenting with this forum as a space for ARC teammates to share ideas.


Add Vowel Sound Check

From Colleen Creager, admin, at Saratoga Springs City SD:

Hi!
Thanks for improving SP regularly. It's important work. I'm hoping you could add vowel sounds to the initial sounds check in 3Y. It could be a part of initial consonant check, or it could be a separate checklist of just the vowels. The reason why this is important is because when "yellow students" are reading yellow text, there are times when the unknown word begins with a vowel. Ex: Look at the octopus. Look at the eagle. Look at the apple. Look at the igloo. Look at the umbrella. These words all begin with a vowel sound and it would be beneficial to have a check that includes these vowels sounds to assess if the student knows the sounds in isolation. (We could include both long and short vowel sounds for the letters). I've also forwarded this request to Sara, our ARC coach. Thanks for your consideration.


  • Abby Manning
  • Jan 5 2023
  • Unassigned
SchoolPace
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  • Abby Manning commented
    December 08, 2023 14:07

    From Leslie Kosanovic, admin, at Bridgeport Exempted Village SD:

    In Yellow, they developed a great resource (Letter/Sound Inventory) to monitor letters and letter sounds. There is a place in Schoolpace to record the letter data, but not the sound portion of the inventory. They still have in Schoolpace the sounds when popping unknown words, but it would be very helpful if they could add the sound part of the inventory to Schoolpace.

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  • Abby Manning commented
    April 11, 2023 12:57

    From Amy Fisher, admin, at South Washington County SD:

    It is important that our readers learn to be flexible with vowel sounds. I have not found a vowel sound assessment in the IRLA. Am I missing it or could you please add it to your Progress Monitoring Assessments. This is a required skill for reading success and we are assessing our students but we can not show growth in the IRLA without an assessment. Please add so that tracking can become digital with all letter sounds.

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    April 11, 2023 12:55

    From Amy Fisher, admin, at South Washington County SD:

    Our Kindergarten and First graders are working hard on reading closed syllable words with short vowel sounds and single consonants. Can you please add an assessment to monitor growth in this area of learning.

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  • Abby Manning commented
    February 01, 2023 14:44

    From Alison Adams, teacher, at Bossier Parish:

    Just a few ideas that would make a teacher's life so much easier. It would be helpful if we had a letter sounds checklist for all 26 letters as well as the 5 long vowels. We have a consonant checklist, but the vowels are important as well. Plus it would help keep track of the students who need help with vowel sounds. This could be located either in the 2 or 3Y level or the 1G level.

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