• School teams will be encouraged to attend District Literacy in-service initiatives such as Faye Brownlie’s Ignite series • Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Intervention will continue at the Primary level • Reading Club will begin in the early Fall • The Read To Me program will continue and be enhanced • Two teachers (our ELL and a LA/Resource Teacher) will attend the SIOP training in June, 2016 to support our growing ELL students in the classroom • Collaboration Afternoons will be focussed on Literacy • Books with Aboriginal themes and dual language books will be purchased for classrooms and the library as our budget enables us • PAC will be given updates on our Action Plan For Learning and for teacher inquiry • A “Literacy Corner” in the monthly newsletter will focus on strategies for parents to encourage a love of reading • Discussion and decisions around a more standardized reading assessment at the Intermediate level will be investigated to help support and provide data on reading ability Evidence of Success: Success will be measured qualititatively and quantitatively through the Grade One to Three Reading Assessments, the DWA5 and the FSAs and through anectdotal narratives and student portfolios. Reports from our LA/Resource and Reading Recovery Teacher will be used as evidence of progress in developing and improving skills in reading and writing.
• School teams will be encouraged to attend District Literacy in-service initiatives such as Faye Brownlie’s Ignite series • Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Intervention will continue at the Primary level • Reading Club will begin in the early Fall • The Read To Me program will continue and be enhanced • Two teachers (our ELL and a LA/Resource Teacher) will attend the SIOP training in June, 2016 to support our growing ELL students in the classroom • Collaboration Afternoons will be focussed on Literacy • Books with Aboriginal themes and dual language books will be purchased for classrooms and the library as our budget enables us • PAC will be given updates on our Action Plan For Learning and for teacher inquiry • A “Literacy Corner” in the monthly newsletter will focus on strategies for parents to encourage a love of reading • Discussion and decisions around a more standardized reading assessment at the Intermediate level will be investigated to help support and provide data on reading ability Evidence of Success: Success will be measured qualititatively and quantitatively through the Grade One to Three Reading Assessments, the DWA5 and the FSAs and through anectdotal narratives and student portfolios. Reports from our LA/Resource and Reading Recovery Teacher will be used as evidence of progress in developing and improving skills in reading and writing.