Open House Parent Meeting Laurel Elementary Kdg.-2 nd grade Title I Teachers Carey Cowher Michelle Ault
AmeriCorp Teachers §Ms. Book §Mrs. Cain §Mrs. Bowden §Mr. Dado
What is Title I? §Title I is the largest federally funded educational support program available to schools and is a supplementary service to help students meet course requirements and attain academic standards.
Laurel Elementary Title I Supplemental reading instruction (does not replace the grade level reading curriculum) Title I students receive additional educational opportunities to strengthen their reading skills. Title I students are given extra help everyday for minutes.
How are students selected? Grade K §Task 1: AIMS Math §Task 2: AIMS Literacy §Task 3: Letter/Sound Identification §Kdg. Screening §Teacher recommendation Grade 1 §Task 1: AIMS Math §Task 2: AIMS Literacy §Task 3: AIMS Literacy (Nonsense word fluency) §Teacher recommendation Grade 2 §Task 1: AIMS Math §Task 2: AIMS Literacy §Task 3: Comprehension §Teacher recommendation
What is on the AIMS Test? Kdg. & 1 st grade Letter naming Letter sounds Initial sounds Phoneme segmentation Nonsense word fluency 2 nd grade Reading fluency (words per minute) Literacy/FluencyNumeracy Kdg. & 1 st grade Oral counting Number identification Quantity discrimination Missing number 2 nd grade Concepts & applications Computation
PARENT INVOLVEMENT §Parent School Compact (sent home with your parent letter) §Parenting Ideas on the Laurel Elementary Title I Wiki Page §Free Parent Resource Materials: §What are your needs? l How can we improve service? l If you are a Title I parent get involved by calling at ext 2935
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