Sentence a Day - Staff survey

The purpose of this survey is to determine the effectiveness of our current Sentence-a-Day program. Please answer all questions and complete the comment boxes.

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* 1. Are you currently implementing the Sentence-a-Day program in your classroom.

Yes

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* 2. Which Stage team are you a part of?

ES1

ST1

ST2

ST3

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* 3. How often do you conduct Sentence-a-Day lessons/activities?

Every day

A few times a week

About once a week

A few times a month

Not at all

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* 4. For each Sentence-a-Day lesson you teach, how long would a typical lesson go for?

Less than 10 mins

Approx. 10 mins

10 - 15mins

15 - 20 mins

20 -30 mins

Over 30 mins

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* 5. Using the star ratings below, how would you rate the level of explicit teaching you do with students in a typical Sentence-a-Day lesson.

No explicit teaching of the daily sentence concepts/focus

Some explicit teaching of the daily sentence concepts/focus

A great deal of explicit teaching of the sentence concepts/focus

No explicit teaching of the daily sentence concepts/focus

Some explicit teaching of the daily sentence concepts/focus

A great deal of explicit teaching of the sentence concepts/focus

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* 6. How effective has the Sentence-a-Day program been in improving student writing?

Extremely effective

Very effective

Somewhat effective

Not so effective

Not at all effective

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* 7. What difficulties have you experienced in implementing the Sentence-a-Day program within your class?

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* 8. In what ways have your students shown improvement in their writing as a result of the Sentence-a-Day program.

Increased confidence with writing

Improvement in punctuating sentences

Improved use of correct sentence grammar

Increased ability to write compound and complex sentences

Improved sentence structure

Expanded student vocabulary

Improved student attitude towards writing

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* 9. How are you implementing the Sentence-a-Day program in your class?

As a whole class, stand alone lesson

As an activity within a group rotation

In small group sessions with the teacher or SLSO

As a warm up activity before a writing lesson

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What do you like best about the Sentence-a-Day program?

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* 11. What could we do to improve the Sentence-a-Day program?

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* 12. How engaged/ motivated are your students to do the Sentence-a-Day program?

Extremely engaged and motivated

Very engaged and motivated

Somewhat engaged and motivated

Not engaged and motivated

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* 13. This survey is aimed at providing data to help us evaluate the effectiveness of the Sentence-a-Day program. Please add any further comments regarding the program that would assist us in better understanding how effective the program is, how people are implementing the program and what our next steps might be.