Mission Statement

The mission of I.E.S. is to provide a safe and stable learning environment that inspires and prepares all students for a lifetime of learning and success in a global society.

CSP Goals

1. To increase reading comprehension through a variety of strategies
2. To improve writing proficiency across the curriculum

Intervention #1

Steps of the writing process will be used to improve writing proficiency.

     1. Management: Teachers develop effective strategies to manage the writing       process in their classrooms.

     2. Student Independence: Students understand and can independently      demonstrate the steps of the writing process.

     3. Publishing: Teachers provide opportunities for student to celebrate by       publishing their writing through venues and traditions such as the Author's       Chair, Young Authors Day, portfolios, intranet, Showcase, etc.

Intervention #2

As our students engage in the writing process we will utilize text and literature to model and apply the primary traits of the 6+1 Analytic Model.

1. Ideas: The students will use a variety of experience to generate ideas through brainstorming.

2. Organization: The students will learn organization through a variety of tools such as graphic organizers, outlining, sequencing… to introduce, transition and conclude a piece of writing.

3.  Voice : The students will develop voice that is appropriate for narrative, expository, and persuasive modes for a variety of audiences and points of  view.
 

Intervention #3

As our students engage in the writing process we will utilize text and literature to model and apply the secondary traits of the 6+1 Analytic Model.

1. Conventions: The students will practice grammar and mechanics through DOL, paragraph editing, peer editing and teacher conferencing of student.

2. Word Choice: From the use of literature and thesauri, students will generated and apply a variety of powerful words into their writing by utilizing effective adjectives, strong verbs, and figurative expressions such as similes and metaphors.

3. Sentence Fluency: The student will learn to develop smoothly flowing writing by analyzing sentence structure to improve beginnings, transitions, sentence length and word choice.                                                                                                   

Intervention #4

Teachers will model and explicitly teach effective word attack and comprehension strategies for different types of text by means of…

1. Previewing: Utilize pre-reading, previewing non-fiction content, predicting; checking back.

2. Background: Increase comprehension by building background knowledge and vocabulary.

3. Mental Organzation: Use graphic organizers to help students organize content and thinking.

4. Connection and Transfer: Ask questions or provide activities that help the student connect to self and the world through discussion, written response, art, or reflections

Intervention #5

Increase quantity of time spent on age-appropriate independent reading of a rich array of relevant, authentic, purposeful text.

1. Many Ways of Reading : Students will utilize many ways of reading a variety of texts: alone, pairs,  parent/child, teacher/student, cross-grade, reading around the room, picture reading, home read aloud/read along.

2. Many Type of Print : Students will be offered many types of print including a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction genre as as authentic tex (e.g. reference materials, advertising, newspapers, cereal boxes, train schedules) matched to learner's abilities, interests, culture and learning preferences. 

3. Cultivate Enthusiasm: Teachers will strive to cultivate enthusiasm for reading. Students will be provided a choice in the text that they select (e.g. Literature Circles, AR, CCR) including texts in their primary languages.                                                                                     

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