Port Washington Port Washington Reading SpecialistsReading Specialists

Ensuring the Literacy Needs Ensuring the Literacy Needs ofof

Port Washington StudentsPort Washington Students

The Port Washington reading specialists work to The Port Washington reading specialists work to ensure that the literacy needs of all students are ensure that the literacy needs of all students are met.met.

• Reading RecoveryReading Recovery

• Small Group InstructionSmall Group Instruction

• Push-In Classroom SupportPush-In Classroom Support

• AssessmentAssessment

• Staff DevelopmentStaff Development

• Home-School ConnectionHome-School Connection

Reading RecoveryReading Recovery

• short-term early intervention short-term early intervention program for at-risk first grade program for at-risk first grade studentsstudents

• one-on-one daily instructionone-on-one daily instruction

Push-In Classroom SupportPush-In Classroom Support

• collaborate/consult/co-teach with collaborate/consult/co-teach with teachers to deliver literacy strategies teachers to deliver literacy strategies within the classroom environmentwithin the classroom environment

• model reading and writing initiativesmodel reading and writing initiatives

Small Group InstructionSmall Group Instruction

• differentiated literacy instruction for differentiated literacy instruction for students in grades 1-5, based on students in grades 1-5, based on individual needs individual needs

• supporting the New York State supporting the New York State Standards in reading, writing, Standards in reading, writing, listening, and speakinglistening, and speaking

AssessmentAssessment

• monitor all student progress, using monitor all student progress, using on-going diagnostic testingon-going diagnostic testing

• use formal and informal assessments use formal and informal assessments to drive instructionto drive instruction

Staff DevelopmentStaff Development

• turn-key training: share research, turn-key training: share research, methods, and materials with staffmethods, and materials with staff

• model reading and writing strategiesmodel reading and writing strategies

Home-School ConnectionHome-School Connection

• on-going communication with parentson-going communication with parents

• host parent workshopshost parent workshops

• provide resources to parents to support provide resources to parents to support literacy in the home environmentliteracy in the home environment

• district reading websitedistrict reading website

• provide summer enrichment activitiesprovide summer enrichment activities