• 1. Part I KIDS AND READING: A TEACHERS STORY Peter Gow for The Gow School Teachers College 2014

2. ABOUT GIRARD COLLEGE (Its actually a school in Philadelphia) 5-day boarding, grades 1 12 Founded in 1848 No tuition All students from disadvantaged backgrounds; preference for single-parent households 3. If video does not play, full video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Qe-YQJPVk 4. THEYRE WHY WE ARE HERE 5. The Standards set grade- specific standards but do not define the intervention methods or materials necessary to support students who are well below or well above grade-level expectations. 6. I am so done. 7. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. 8. Use context to confirm or self- correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary 9. READING IS NOT ABOUT INTELLIGENCE 10. READING IS NOT NATURAL 11. READING IS NOT ABOUT CHARACTER 12. THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET FOR DYSLEXIA 13. TEACHERS MATTER. WE HAVE THE POWER. AND THE PASSION. 14. Thank you! [email protected] @pgow