This program provides small group instruction in reading. Students attend Title I for thirty or forty minutes a day. Class size in grades one and two vary from eight to ten students. Kindergarten class size varies from four to five students. Instruction is designed to address the Virginia Standards of Learning.
Daily instruction covers word study, reading, comprehension and writing.
Students are taught to recognize the four patterns of organization. These include classification, sequence, comparison, and causation. Teacher directed thinking and listening activities focus on these skills and others to help increase comprehension. Students are encouraged to use prior knowledge and higher order thinking skills. Trade books, computer games, poetry, and sorting activities are also used to develop phonemic awareness, fluency and comprehension.