Scott Foresman Reading Series: Stories and poems providing an opportunity for whole group and independent reading, focusing on phonics and comprehension skills taught within a meaningful context.
- Word structure: prefixes, suffixes, base words, abbreviations, contractions
- Comprehension and Critical Thinking Skills: recall, inference, analysis, evaluation, synthesis
- Oral language
- Encourage natural love of reading and storytelling
Guided Reading Groups: small reading groups designed to help increase students’ reading skills while working at an appropriate level for each child
Read Naturally: (emphasizes fluency)
Accelerated Reader: Independent reading accompanied by computer generated comprehension tests, used to encourage comprehension at an appropriate level for each student.
Non-fiction: Science and Social Studies curriculum supports teaching text skills to students while they are engaged in reading interesting, factual information applicable to the real world.
