Literacy
The Literacy Coach at JFK is Mrs. Lasker.
Please contact her at: dlasker@southingtonschools.org
The Literacy Specialists at JFK are Ms. Sievel and Mrs. Chordas.
Please contact them at:
Mrs. Chordas: schordas@southingtonschools.org
Ms. Sievel: ksievel@southingtonschools.org
The Literacy Coach offers a variety of services to the JFK school community. Through professional development, modeling, and coaching staff, the Literacy Coach supports the content area teachers in the use of techniques that make learning accessible to all students.
Literacy Specialists work with small groups of students within content area classrooms providing support and instruction of strategies needed to comprehend content material. In addition, small groups of students meet with Literacy Specialists for focused, explicit instruction of literacy skills and strategies.
Grading Policy:
Students will either receive SP or UP on their report cards.
SP = Satisfactory Progress
UP = Unsatisfactory Progress
Student progress will be measured through various assessments that monitor individual student needs.
Web Links for Parents to use as a resource:
www.ala.org/greatsites
www.rif.org/parents/
www.ed.gov/parents
www.southingtonlibrary.org
www.sde.ct.gov/sde/taxonomy/taxonomy.asp?DLN=45424&sdeNav=|45424|
http://www.readkiddoread.com/
Web Links for Teachers to use as a resource:
mosaic@literacyworkshop.orgwww.readinglady.com