Literacy

Core Curriculum in Literacy

In Kindergarten through 5th grade, Freese teachers use the Houghton-Mifflin reading series.  Through this series, children experience lessons in reading, writing, word work (e.g. decoding, phonics, spelling, vocabulary skills, etc.), language (e.g. grammar, listening, speaking, etc.).  Parents may find many literacy activities on Houghton-Mifflin’s “Education Place” website at the following link: http://eduplace.com/rdg/hmr/

Small Group Instruction (SGI)

Freese teachers regularly instruct all students in small groups, in order to strengthen comprehension and deepen understanding.  A variety of materials are used to conduct SGI, such as smaller book sets, magazine articles, the Houghton-Mifflin reading series, etc.

Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC)

All Freese students are required to read independently at school and at home.  SRC is a program in which students take a quiz at school after reading a book.  If the student passes the quiz, he/she gets credit for the number of words in the book.  This year’s school wide goal for independent reading is 120,000,000 words.