1. 2011-2012 Open House Parent Meeting Laurel Elementary Kdg.-2 nd grade Title I Teachers Carey Cowher Michelle Ault

2. AmeriCorp Teachers §Ms. Book §Mrs. Cain §Mrs. Bowden §Mr. Dado

3. 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.

4. 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 30-40 minutes.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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: http://www.spac.k12.pa.us/parentresources.htm §What are your needs? l How can we improve service? l If you are a Title I parent get involved by calling at 724-658-2673 ext 2935

8. Thank you for coming tonight!