EHS Student Publications EHS Program of Studies 2019-2020 | Seite 73

READING DEPARTMENT
The curriculum of the Reading Department supports the mission of Enfield High School. Our
department offers a multi-level, diagnostic-based program for students whose reading levels are
significantly below grade level. Small group instruction is based on students’ individual
instructional needs, reading levels, and independent learning styles. Instructional emphasis
concentrates on strategies for word attack, vocabulary development, and reading comprehension.
Embedded in our curriculum are lessons that teach students to:
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Monitor comprehension using metacognition during reading.
Utilize critical thinking skills to read, interpret, and respond in writing to literature and
informational texts.
Choose and apply appropriate strategies when reading a variety of materials.
Establish a purpose for reading that accounts for level of background/prior knowledge.
Become more fluent readers.
Improve higher order thinking skills.
Recognize multiple perspectives and acknowledge and respect the right to individual
opinions.
Discover the reader within.
ASSESSMENT
Evaluation of students’ strengths and acceleration in the Reading program is ongoing.
We utilize Pearson’s Aimsweb curriculum-based measurements for progress monitoring
and the WRMTIII for diagnostic assessment.
COURSE OFFERINGS
COURSE
NUMBER
5097
COURSE
GRADES CREDIT CORRECTIVE READING 9, 10, 11, 12 1 GRADE
WEIGHT
CCP
5098 ASSISTED READING 9, 10, 11, 12 1 CCP
5099 STRATEGIC READING 9, 10, 11, 12 1 CCP
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