WHAT IS READING RECOVERY?

 

     
      Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention for selected first grade students.  Individual students receive a half hour lesson each school day for 12 to 20 weeks with a specially trained Reading Recovery teacher.  As soon as students can meet grade-level expectations and demonstrate that they can continue to work independently in the classroom, or have reached the end of the 20 week period, their lessons are discontinued and new students begin individual instruction.

 

READING RECOVERY NEWS

 

     Reading Recovery students, who began with us in September, have now completed the program and the new mid-year entry students have begun.  During our recent Parent / Teacher conferences, it was a pleasure meeting again with many of the parents of our former Reading Recovery students as well as being introduced to the parents of our new students.  We appreciate those of you who were able to attend.  

     The new students have selected their “bag” for daily use in bringing home familiar books to share each night with their family.  Soon they will also have in their bags a “cut-up sentence” that they will reassemble and read as they glue them into their journals.  This sentence will be one that the child has created during his Reading Recovery lesson that day.  We are always grateful for the parental involvement and support in your child’s reading progress.

 

READING SUPPORT IN THE CLASSROOMS

 

      We continue to push in the 1st grade classrooms every day for small group instruction in Guided Reading. The children are continuing their use of several reading strategies that allow them to have success in their reading. If your child is reading with us, they will know about EAGLE EYE, LIPS THE FISH, STRETCHY SNAKE, TRYIN' LION, CHUNKY MONKEY, SKIPPY FROG, and FLIPPY DOLPHIN - just ask them! 

KINDERGARTEN EARLY INTERVENTION

 

      This year we have begun a pull out program for selected kindergarten students to target their needs in early literacy.  These groups may be flexible throughout the year to meet the ever changing needs of the kindergarten students.         

 

If you have a 1st grade and/or  Kindergarten student and are interested in more information about the Reading Recovery Program or any of our other Literacy support lessons, please feel free to contact us at X5113.

 

Edith Burnett & Natalie Houwen