YReads!

YREADS! LITERACY PROGRAM

 

Goal

The goal of YReads! is to successfully close the gap between students' reading performance and the state of Florida's reading-performance expectations.

• YReads! is a free reading program for students who are referred  by their teachers or other school personnel.
• YReads! provides the resources necessary to improve reading levels in students from kindergarten to eighth grade while developing greater self-esteem and social skills.
• Trained staff and mentors provide intensive reading instruction in small groups during individualized lessons

What are we teaching?

• Phonemic Awareness: knowing that words are made up of sounds.
• Phonics: the link between sounds and letters.
• Fluency: the ability to read words accurately and quickly.
• Vocabulary: what words mean and how to say them
• Comprehension: the ability to understand what is read.

Typical Day

• Snack time: A time for refueling and socializing
• Community time: This allows children to share their thoughts and ideas with classmates. Children get to practice taking turns, learn respect for other opinions and understand the need for rules.
• SIPPS: Our phonics curriculum in small groups
• Comprehension: The goal is to develop the ability to read, text, process it, and understand its meaning.
• Read Aloud: This activity helps to build listening skills, vocabulary, background knowledge, comprehension as well as classroom community.
• Literacy game: The day is finished with a game that highlights a skill covered in the "work" the students have completed.

 

Registration Packets can be found in Meadowlawn's Front Office.

Questions? Please contact the YReads! Coordinator Madison Castellano mcastellano@stpeteymca.org