Health & Fitness
Early Intervention Reading Program Set
Heading off potential problems as soon as possible is what the Huntington School District’s summer early intervention reading program is all about. The initiative is set to run August 12-23 and will involve as many as 100 incoming first graders.
The program will feature 10 sessions of two hours each. Parents of the students will be invited to a series of three workshops to provide them with helpful strategies to support their respective child through the remainder of the summer. Presenting the parents sessions will be district reading teachers, who will also be delivering the student program next month.
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The district has established the program in order to provide early intervention for students who might be struggling with beginning reading skills such as letter and sound fluency and phonemic segmentation.
“The program offers an important opportunity for us to work with students during a few summer weeks in terms of skill building and reinforcement,” Superintendent James W. Polansky said. “It will also reduce the impact of summer learning loss so that students will be prepared to enter the learning process in September with little hesitation.”
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“The Scott Foresman early reading intervention is designed to provide at-risk kindergarten and first grade children with an intervention to improve reading achievement,” Assistant Superintendent Kenneth A. Card, Jr. said. “The early reading intervention is organized in a carefully planned sequence of skills and the explicit instruction and systematic review are intended to ensure student success. The instructional materials are well-organized and the teacher guides provide detailed lesson plans that are easy to follow.”
Each 30 minute lesson features seven difference activities, with each lasting three to five minutes. “The first 15 minutes of the lesson focuses center on writing and spelling,” Dr. Card said. “Each activity is labeled with the amount of time it should last, which helps teachers pace instruction. The lessons also provide immediate re-teaching strategies for students who do not initially grasp the material.”
Costs associated with the summer program are being covered by a grant obtained by the district.
