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Reading Foundations
For children ages 7 to 12
Research based instruction to enhance literacy skills. Hands-on multi-sensory experiences to enhance decoding, comprehension, and spelling.
Focus is upon the alphabetic principal, sound/spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, word attack skills, and spelling. These skills are then applied to reading and writing.
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Close Reading
Reading Comprehension
for children ages 8 to 12Application of decoding skills, metacognitive, and multi-sensory strategies to comprehend complex text.
Focused upon direct teaching of metacognitive strategies to support self-monitoring of understanding. Application of learned strategies and self-analysis of comprehension. Annotation and study skills support.
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Written Expression
For children ages 7 to 12
From letter formation to paragraphs. We reteach foundational writing skills while supporting written composition.
Focus is on application of encoding skills to compose written compositions that utilize proper spelling and grammar to synthesize original compositions.
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Math Foundations
For children ages 7 to 12.
Research based instruction to enhance mathematical thinking. Hands-on multi-sensory experiences strengthen neural pathways associated with quantity, place value, and operations aiding in recall and retention.
Focus is upon place value, fluency with operations, properties of operations, and academic discourse: mathematical vocabulary.
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Math Problem Solving
For children ages 7 to 12
Utilizing a Concrete, Representational, Abstract lesson structure, multi-sensory activities are designed to support skill application while problem solving.
Focus is on explicit mathematical strategy instruction coupled with meta-cognitive supports and cues such as color coding, visual supports, and models.