Show d I hr uRr Ire I B Oot a r r 1 SI 1 I 1 I II Ie e a aS e S I r- r S a S a I CENTRAL SCHOOL sixth grade students study hard to get ahead In the theto new reading behavioral modification program being adapted to the study program to Increase reading skills program would be contingent nt upon being able to provide a variety of with the scope of the reach reaching reaching ing the interests and needs of every child We hope that this variety would be the unique feature differentiating it from Crom the other behavior modification programs Our varied include the following fol lowing Field trips rental of play equipment such as balls jump ropes etc candy novelty items rental of filmstrips record player t tape pe recorder TV opportunity of doing loing bulletin boards or special privileges Arrangements Arrangements were made with Uintah High School allowing the students to attend attend at at- tend various departments during released release ed school time The children have already already al al- ready attended Spanish classes the electronics elec eke department auto mechanics busIness business business bus bus- iness department and a gymnastic de de- This allows for only small group participation in areas where special spec spec- ial lal interest is shown with transportation being provided by the the parents ALSO TALENTED high school students come to Central School in a teaching teaching learning learning situation For instance wrestlers cheerleaders basketball players players players play play- ers and artists have performed This type of arrangement allows for smaller group instruction in both reading read ing and special activity groups thus giving the opportunity for more instruction A PRESENTATION was given to the Chamber of Commerce requesting special special special spec spec- ial certificates that could be redeemed by the children at the various places of business throughout the city ity In addition the id idea a of the world of work was introduced whereby those children showing special interest would be released released re reo re- re leased during school time to explore behind behind behind be hind the scenes in the business world This is still in the planning stage and will become effective upon notification from the Chamber Special payoffs are provided for those students excelling in their task on-task for lor such as having a tubing party A BASELINE period of observation was taken l for r two weeks for each child to determine his stable state in reading read ing I Ie I.e. c. c how many pages the student read on the average during a given time period Each student now v no has a folder with witha a graph on which he records his own reading performance For every page he finishes above his baseline a dollar of funny Cunny money is given to be later traded traded traded trad trad- ed for a token or activity Each month the childs child's Is reevaluated re re- evaluated to determine if it should be raised lowered or remain the same It Itis Itis Itis is necessary necessary to determine one that will push the child beyond his average workload but not so high he cannot achieve success or payoffs AS A MEANS of evaluating our program program program pro pro- gram a test pre California Reading Test was given in September to indicate indicate indi indi- cate the reading grade level of each individual in child Another te test t will be given given en cn at the end of the school year to measure measure mea mea- sure the childrens children's progress for the year Our main behavioral objective is that the post test will show at least a years year's gain f for far r each individual student |