The Title 1 teacher works and plans closely with the classroom teacher working with the same theme as the classroom teacher. Additional reading activities are created for the students to use. The selected Title 1 students in the first grade have the opportunity to use some of the technology available in the Title 1 classroom by going into the Title 1 lab classroom once a week. Small group pull out instruction for students in second grade is the method used to serve those students identified with a need for extra help in reading. Working and planning with the homeroom teacher, the Title 1 teacher gives the students additional small group and one on one instruction.
Students maintain a working portfolio that keeps written assignments.
Using the nine Macintosh computers in the Title 1 setting, students use ClarisWorks, Kid Pix, Wiggleworks, MECC materials, and CD-ROM activities to enhance and increase their reading skills. Students also have the opportunity to use four new IBM computers to increase their reading skills by using the computer based reading program, Failure Free. Title 1 services are provided for the third, fourth, and fifth grade students using a tutorial model. These students have forty five minutes a day with a paraprofessional for one on one instruction lasting approximately eight weeks. Students are selected for this using the Academic Assessment rating scale for our LAP program as well as the North Carolina End of Grade testing and teacher recommendation.