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is focused:
DLI focuses on one new skill each week. Beginning the first week of the school
year, you begin to build a strong foundation avoiding gaps or duplication in instruction.
Teaching all of the required skills by the end of the school year can seem
like an impossible task. DLI makes it possible…just one week at a time!
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DLI is quick and effective. Plan 5-10 minutes a day to complete the daily practice Monday-Thursday. Since DLI is reproducible, you do not lose valuable class time while students copy practice items.
On Friday, the weekly assessment and mini-lesson for the new focus skill require 30-45 minutes. Click on Week at a Glance to see a weekly plan.
supports the complete learning cycle:
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DLI supports every step of the learning cycle, unlike other resources
which provide only review items. Direct instruction, in the form of a mini-lesson,
forms the foundation for your work on the new skill. Count on DLI to provide
strategies for your lesson! Next, use the short, reproducible, daily tasks
to create opportunities for practice and review. The instructional cycle continues
with a weekly assessment. DLI knits all of the elements of the learning cycle
together into one cohesive resource. How does DLI compare to other English
Language Arts resources? Click
here.
features a weekly assessment which mirrors formal assessments:
Weekly
assessments prove beneficial for both teachers and students. They provide
an opportunity for you to monitor your students’ progress and provide
early intervention. For students, frequent assessments create an opportunity
to hone their test-taking skills. Since the assessments employ formats found
in the State Assessment as well as other formal assessments, students make
a smoother transition to demonstrating mastery. As the year progresses, students
encounter a wider variety of items on weekly assessments and also build their
skills in following directions.
is kid-friendly:
Students like DLI and gain confidence with the review format.
Expect to see a lot of hands raised when you discuss the daily tasks! Since
DLI is reproducible, students can complete it quickly with no tedious copying
from the board.
DLI is a perfect way to start the day. Students are ready to discuss the practice
items by the time you have completed attendance, lunch count, and morning announcements.
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scaffolds your editing conferences:
DLI plays a vital role in supporting your editing conferences. As the year progresses, you will find that students bring more background to their conferences as a result of their work with DLI. The five to ten minuites you spend each day on DLI is a great investment in providing a scaffold for their time in conference with you or an effective follow-up. They may meet a new skill in the context of an editing conference with you, which may be later reinforced by DLI. Or DLI can provide the first exposure, which will be applied in an editing conference; the combination is effective.
is effective:
Consistent use of DLI results in a deeply-rooted skill base which carries
over to every day writing. DLI proves to be an effective tool for increasing
student achievement. There are no smoke and mirrors with DLI. It works because
it is simply good instruction.
Evidence of student growth is supported by data samples, as well. You will
notice that these pilots span a broad range of demographics.
Click
here to view data samples for Grade
3 and Grade 4.
includes
30 weeks of spelling lists:
Several of the weekly skills in the DLI materials could also be considered spelling skills. Some examples include contractions, plurals, singular possessives, and homophones.
By using the optional spelling lists included in the DLI book, your students can benefit from a two-pronged approach. Since the weekly DLI skill and the spelling skill correlate with one another, instruction in both areas becomes more effective.
30
weeks of spelling lists, which parallel the weekly skills when possible, as
well as a diagnostic test are included in the book.
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