Prospect Elementary School is a Reading First School

by Barbara Shurilla

          The Salamanca City School District was awarded the Reading First grant on June 20, 2006.  This federally funded grant provides money for quality reading instruction for kindergarten through grade 3.  The purpose of this grant is to ensure that children learn to read by the end of third grade by using a scientifically research based reading program. It also provides professional staff development through the New York State Reading Academy.  In this training teachers further develop teaching skills and strategies in the five main areas of reading.  These Big Five areas of reading are: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics and Word Study, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.

          For periodic updates on Reading First and staff development training please refer to this web site page.  For further questions or concerns you may have about Reading First please feel free to contact:  Barb Shurilla at Prospect Elementary School or email bshurilla@salamancany.org.

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Last Updated:  9/24/07