Goldwood Primary School is committed to a structured literacy model grounded in the Science of Reading. Our language arts program is direct, explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic. The five key concepts of reading include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. These components will be delivered via the following curricula:
Heggerty
Fundations
Wit & Wisdom
Diagnostics are administered universally 3 times per year as well as formative and summative assessments completed in the classroom. These standards-based measures evaluate student knowledge which guide and tailor our instruction to best fit all students’ needs.
Your child will continue to “tap out” unfamiliar words using a variety of strategies.
A parent letter will be sent home at the beginning of each unit that explains what phonics skills your child is learning so you can encourage using them at home.
Our goal is to have your child transfer the skills learned in Fundations to “tap out” unknown words to his/her daily reading.
At the beginning of the year our focus will be on correct formation of the letters on the lines with proper spacing between the letters and words in a sentence.
As the year progresses students will be guided to write simple sentences and stories, short paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences that include correct capitalization and punctuation.
Students will be taught how to “web” their ideas prior to writing so they have a frame of reference for writing.
Students will be encouraged to share what they have written with their classmates.
Students will write opinions, original stories, and informative paragraphs.
Please prioritize reading this year and try to read for AT LEAST twenty minutes a day. While you read with your child, model reading with expression and fluency (not too fast or too slow). Show your child how to read with feeling!
Online access for student resources and curriculum used in our classroom is available by clicking on the Clever link under the Parents & Students tab on www.rrcs.org. You can also use Clever to access MyON (an online library) for your child to read at home!