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By: Ms. D. Bello

Extra! Extra! Read all about it…Reading Recovery is here and I’m proud to shout it.  This year #4 school is proud to continue our very successful Reading Recovery program. 

Are you wondering what Reading Recovery is???  It’s simple.

Reading Recovery is an early intervention program developed by Marie Clay to serve children in first grade who are having difficulty learning to read and write.  The goal of the program is to produce independent readers and writers. This is done through accelerated learning.  Children accepted into this program are expected to make faster than average progress so that they can catch up to their classmates.  This program acts as a “safety net” for our first graders and our highly respected first grade teachers Mrs. Carter and Dr. Eagles.  Reading Recovery students receive one on one tutoring from me for 30 minutes a day, five days a week for an average of 12-20 weeks depending on the student.  Reading Recovery is supplemental to classroom instruction and Title I Reading with Mrs. Reichert.  Once the child is able to demonstrate solid evidence of having developed an independent reading/writing system the student is tested and discontinued from the program.  However, they are not discontinued from my life.  I will continue to work with a Reading Recovery student on an “as need” basis throughout first and second grade.  I am proud of the accomplishments of my last year students and look forward to the success of this year’s students.