Ready to Read Program
We are beginning the registration for our Read to Read Program for September 2009. This very successful program offered to five and six year olds who have successfully completed our Fun Family Phonics in the four-year-old program, begins in September and ends in June. Class times are Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 – 5:00 pm and the class ratio is 12 students to 1 teacher. Your children will love the interactive and fun teaching style of Mrs. Roosdahl.
If you are interested please complete the Ready to Read Registration Package.
The Ready to Read Program is designed for Kindergarten and Grade One students who have successfully been through the Fun Family Phonics. The Fun Family Phonics (print awareness and onto phonemic awareness) is taught in our four’s program. The children will follow through to our Ready to Read Program after having a strong knowledge of the names, sounds and shapes of the letters in the alphabet and be able to write them with some confidence. Your child should also be interested in learning to read.
This reading program is designed to make the experience of learning to read very enjoyable. The children will have fun and find that they can read each book with confidence, fluency, meaning and expression. After completing this enriched program your child should be reading around a grade three level (within the public school system).
PHILOSOPHY
"A child's attitude to reading is of such importance that
More often than not it determines his/her scholastic fate.
Moreover, his/her experience in learning to read may decide
How he/she feels about learning in general, and even
Himself/herself as an individual".
Phonemic Awareness - Throughout learning the correct sounds of each letter in the alphabet and feeling comfortable expressing them, children should be able to divide a word up into sounds, e.g. cat. This process starts early reading by being able to recognize the words by sounding them out. Also, being able to put the sounds in correct order as read from a word.
The Ready To Read Program classes are on Tuesday and Thursdays or Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The ratio is 12 children to one teacher (Mrs. Christian). The program runs from September to June as the school system. All children will receive their own binder and pocket pal (to hold supplies and books) to bring to school and home each session.
All children finishing the four's program will receive more information on our reading program near the end of the school year.
|