Welcome to ELA AIS! I am excited to be working with children from different classes this year. This is my fifteenth year teaching at Connolly School. I look forward to a very productive year with the children in AIS!

The more your child practices his/her reading skills, the more successful your child will be in closing the gap in reading and becoming an "on grade-level" reader. It is crucial that your child read a minimum of 20 minutes per night independently. They should be reading both fictional and informational texts.

They should be using the reading strategies they have learned for fictional and informational texts when reading. They should be texts that your child will enjoy and find interesting. This should be fun for him/her! When writing, students need to remember to take the time to go back to proofread and edit their writing.