Reading/Writing AIS

Reading/Writing AIS

Course Description

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Reading/Writing AIS is offered to 7th and 8th grade students who need extra support with their reading and writing skills. Students who scored below the expected benchmark on the NYS ELA exams are enrolled in the school year that immediately followed their exams.

Reading Quotes to Live By

"Learning to read is the single most important factor for success in school and progress in life."
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"Literacy opens a world of knowledge to every child"
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"Once children learn to read, they begin to read to learn. And their futures are limited only by their imaginations."
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Anatomy of Reading

Phoneme Awareness: The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words

Phonics: The ability to associate sounds with letters and use the sounds to read words.

Fluency: The effortless, automatic ability to read words in isolation and in connected text.

Vocabulary: The ability to understand and use words to acquire and convey meaning.

Reading Comprehension: The complex thought processes by which a reader constructs meaning from text.
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