85% of Students DECREASED Summer Learning Loss!

LAKE FOREST, Calif. - June 23, 2015 - PRLog -- In the Summer of 2014, CentroNia’s Community Engagement and Education department in Washington, D.C. implemented a literacy curriculum new to their program, Playbooks® Reader’s Theater, to combat summer reading regression and had an 85% success rate. Numerous summer programs across the nation will be using this successful curriculum this summer with great expectations.

The curriculum includes specialized multi-leveled and color-coded “scripts” designed for students to successfully “read aloud” their parts with their peers in small groups and with expression and the personality of their story characters. Teachers assign students character roles based on knowledge of their reading skill levels. Because all students read at their appropriate level, they are able to focus on oral expression, which in turn builds their reading fluency and comprehension skills. Students are not aware that their different character parts corresponded to reading stages, so students of all reading levels interact with each other in a fun and engaging environment without knowing who is a more or less advanced reader. Color-coding of the parts allows students to easily identify and take ownership of their roles.

Of the 175 students who were both pre and post-tested during CentroNia’s summer program, 85% of them either maintained or increased their reading levels over the summer after only 6 weeks of using the Playbooks Reader's Theater curriculum. Also, over 1/3 of these students actually INCREASED their reading levels during this time! Read the official Outcomes Report prepared by CentroNia here.
http://readerstheater.com/CEE_Summer_Literacy_Report_2014...

Playbooks® Reader’s Theater Publishing provides over 100 unique story kits for grades K-12 along with STEM Kits and Combo Kits that pair a Playbook® story set with a topic-related game, manipulative, or hands-on project (such as robotics, science experiments, and electronics) all which extend the learning and fun of the role-play reading experience for students.