Sunday, September 18, 2011

LIFT

LIFT is short for.....Learning is Fun Together! Monday the children will be starting new learning groups. LIFT is a time where students will work in small groups on reading skills in concentrated lessons. Groups are mixed with students from grades K-2. Students will remain with the same group until our next PLC Day on October 12. Each child has been evaluated and placed according to their needs. The students will be pre and post tested during their LIFT time to monitor their progress. There are 7 staff members working with groups during our LIFT time. Groups vary from Letter sounds, Consonant Vowel Consonant patterns, Silent E, Blends, Digraphs, and advanced skills such as R-Controlled Vowels and Consonant Clusters, Silent Consonants and Consonant Digraphs. I will be supervising 2 groups during this first session. One group of 5 will work with Letter Sounds. The other group of 3 will work on advanced skills. At parent teacher conferences I will share more information on MTSS and the strategies we are using to improve our reading program.