Sarah Danielson - Ridgecrest LAP Reading Program

Ridgecrest Title 1 Program

At Ridgecrest, the Title/LAP program helps support K-6 students who are not meeting standards in reading. We work on learning letter names and the sounds connected to them, sounding out words using phonics, the smoothness at which students read (fluency), and comprehending what we read. We use a program called Linguistic Remedies, which is a program based on brain research. We are setting a strong foundation for phonics aquisition by activating our feeling and language parts of the brain by using mouth pictures. We are also using repeated reading and Readers Theater to impove fluency, novels and other books to support comprehension work, and computerized programs to develop appropriate grade level skills. In first and second grade, the computer program is Headsprout. In thrid and fourth grade, we are using Read Naturally and in fifth and sixth grade, Read 180. These programs are all paired with small group instruction to improve reading skills.

We practice independently...