Based on the latest research on the most effective methods for the teaching of reading, it incorporates a variety of strategies and techniques to form a balanced literacy program.
Students meet in small groups for ninety minute of instruction in reading and writing each day.
All first and second grade students were individually assessed using running records . Reading Initiative teacher, Mrs. Ambrosi, is evaluating a second grader's reading fluency. GO - Students were organized into Book Club groups of 15 or fewer students. Here, Mrs. Facine works on a shared reading lesson with her second grade Book Club. A first grade Book Club group is being introduced to an independent work center by their Reading Initiative teacher, Mrs. Riley.