The goal of Literacy Lab is to provide appropriately targeted and differentiated instruction in reading and writing skills, habits, and strategies. The course includes explicit small group and individual instruction, as well as guided and independent practice using texts appropriate to each student’s reading abilities and interests in a safe and supportive environment. Literacy Lab is a place where each child is able to bolster his/her engagement, confidence, and skills in reading, writing, while analyzing and discussing literature.

The course seeks to enhance each student’s . . .

Reading Skills and Strategies: Fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, self-monitoring, reading closely and thinking critically about both fiction and nonfiction texts, developing higher order thinking skills

Writing Skills and Strategies: Responding to literature, finding and citing evidence from a text, fiction and research writing, revision, editing for appropriate punctuation and grammar, revision

Self-Perception as a Reader and Writer: Motivation, engagement, confidence

Reading Habits: Investment, quantity of reading, stamina, independence, locating and selecting “just right” books, broadening their reading palette, fostering the love of reading