Our school provides a balanced literacy program. Components of the program include:

• Reading aloud using various genres, fiction and non-fiction
• Guided reading sessions to develop reading strategies
• Shared reading to develop a community of readers
• Independent reading to build fluency and practice reading strategies
• Reading conferences with teacher to monitor growth
• Literature circles and reader response activities to develop critical thinking skills and oral language competency
• Literacy centers to expose students to a variety of multi-sensory experiences
• Reading informational texts to teach skills in handling content area material
• Writing workshops to provide opportunities in writing for different purposes
• Home reading assignments to build independent reading skills and develop fluency
• Oral language activities (e.g. poetry recitation, speech delivery, storytelling, presentations, debate, discussion)

We believe in assessment driven instruction; thus we continually observe and monitor each child's progress as we strive to develop individuals who are critical thinkers, proficient writers and capable speakers.