Being a confident reader and writer is the cornerstone of students becoming lifelong learners. Your child’s road to this confidence is supported throughout their Elementary years through a wide host of literacy learning opportunities delivered within their classrooms and in small reading groups.
Language lessons are sequentially delivered to students beginning in their third year of Primary (Kindergarten). Kindergartners are assessed for the benchmarks of literacy by the middle of each year.
In our Elementary classrooms, each child participates in small group literacy instruction along with guidance and consultation provided by an in-house reading specialist. These small group lessons provide reading opportunities for students in four areas: comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and word study.
Students are instructed in the skills and strategies needed in each of these areas in order to read effectively and meaningfully. The development of these key areas is supported by providing the necessary underpinnings to help students successfully read and process text.
Students progress with reading and writing in the Elementary classroom during Writers’ Workshop, which occurs weekly. Here, students learn how to communicate ideas and use words to express opinions, entertain with poetry, explain research, share small moments, and create fictional stories.
Students apply the knowledge they have gained through their language lessons as well as learning about the importance of having their own voice and style in writing.
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