How Mr. Olivera's QPS Literacy Hub works — every phonics stop, the reading path, and how each child's plan is set.
The district checks phonics with the Wonders Quick Phonics Screener (QPS): a child reads one section at a time, from letter sounds up to prefixes and suffixes, and the screener stops at the first section they have not mastered.
Mr. Olivera's QPS Literacy Hub turns every section into a practice stop on the Chromebook, numbered like the screener. Each child practices the section where the screener stopped them, between the official screenings.
Every student has a plan. A child the screener stopped at a section practices that stop. A child who passed every section gets the reading path instead. Students practice on their own while Mr. Olivera teaches a small group at his table.
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Every stop has the same five parts. Click a part to see what happens in it.
A child who passed every section of the screener does not need a phonics stop. They get three reading courses, one at a time, in this order. Each course has four levels; a level is passed by passing its Check twice.
No. The hub teaches the skill each screener section measures, never the screener's own words.
Two passed Checks move a child to the next stop at once. Mr. Olivera's dashboard then lists the stop he still has to test.
Like the screener, the site uses made-up words (zade, gok), so a child must sound them out. None of them is a screener test word.
The letter and chunk sounds are his own recordings. Every word and answer choice the site says was checked by his ear.
Directions and lessons are read aloud and must be heard to the end before a step opens. Maze stories are silent, like the real test.
Every Check is saved to the results sheet. Mr. Olivera's dashboard shows each child's stop, passes, misses and who is waiting for his test.
No student's name is written in this site. Where each child starts is read from the hub's track list, and names show only after the teacher PIN.
All the phonics stops in the screener's order, and the reading path after them. Click any stop or course to see what it reviews, its standard and level, real practice words, and how it is passed.
How a child's plan is set, how it moves, and when it is redone — the rules, and where the class started. (Each child's own screener results are kept on the teacher's computer, not on the web.)
For Mr. Olivera: where each child started, where they are now, and what comes next. Enter the teacher PIN.