Elkhart Elementary Reading Program
Reading groups are GREAT!!!!
by Lynn Thrall
August 18, 2010
The Elkhart Elementary School Reading Program consists of 30-minute segments of Guided Reading, Learning Lab, and set work or center time. Each child is tested and leveled at their reading level then grouped in groups of 4 or 5 students for the Guided Reading part of the program. In Learning Lab students work on skills and activities centered on reading. In 3rd and 4th grades writing is an important part of this class. Thematic units are used and in Science and Social Studies are incorporated in the thematic unit. In addition qualifying first grade students receive Reading Recovery and qualifying second through fourth grade students receive Title 1 services. Two very important parts of the program are the team time where grade level teachers plan together and the collaboration time when the Pre-School/Kindergarten, 1st/2nd grade reading team and the 3rd /4th grade reading team meet separately each week to talk about student progress and learn more about reading strategies.
