Stonybrook
School
Enrichment Program
READING
ENRICHMENT 3 - 5
Third, Fourth,
and Fifth Grade Classes
One class period,
each grade level, once per week for the school year.
- Reading enrichment
is offered in the heterogeneous classroom.
- Instructional
strategies vary.
- Students
will read various genres of literature (Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction,
Mysteries, Newspapers, Magazines…) that fit the existing
curriculum.
- The full
potential of the student is developed through the use of higher
order thinking skills.
- Opportunities
exist to increase students' divergent thinking skills.
- The learning
environment expands beyond the classroom to the home and the community.
- To express
students' own unique ideas, images, and feelings.
- To look realistically
at problems and challenges and be able to deal with them in a
unique and ingenious way.
- To see existing
knowledge from new perspectives.
- To think
divergently, allowing more than one answer.
- To develop
a cooperative attitude through problem solving and interaction
with peers.
Reading Enrichment
Summary
Students will
read various genres of literature by a variety of authors. They
will analyze writing strategies and interpretations through individual
reading, reading aloud, group discussions, participation in acting
out what is being read, illustrating various works and by creating
various written works of their own relating to the particular genre.
Poetry
- Shel Silverstein
- Jack Prelutsky
- Robert
Frost
- Emily
Dickinson
Fiction
- Legends
- Folk Tales
- Adventure
Non-Fiction
Mysteries
Newspapers
in the Classroom
- In conjunction
with The Record Newspaper in Education Program
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