RtI

Welcome to RtI Reading. I am one of the language arts/reading and resource teachers here at Lakeview. This is my tenth year at Lakeview. This year I have my own reading and language arts class and also co-teach reading and language arts with Miss Cerney in the regular classroom. I am looking forward to working with your child this year.
The goal of the RtI Reading Program is to teach the student the skills he/she needs in order to be successful in reading. I will be working closely with the 8th grade team and teaching the students reading comprehension strategies to use in all of his/her classes. In the regular language arts and reading classroom students will be writing narrative, persuasive and expository essays. Time will also be spent in the RtI class to assist your child with their daily writing. I like to think of the class as an opportunity to provide your child with useful tools that will help them become more successful readers and writers which will not only help them this year but also prepare them for high school.
The students will be formally assessed twice a month using a program called AIMS Web. This will give us a closer picture as to whether or not the student is making progress. I will also be assessing the students on a daily basis, whether it’s listening to their comments during a group discussion, working with them one on one to check for understanding, or having them read aloud to make sure they’re reading fluently. This close monitoring will help to determine the progress so that at the end of the first trimester, both the parents and I can sit down and discuss what may be working and what we need to change. Whatever the result, the main goal is for the student to achieve success in reading and writing not only in the classroom but in their daily life.
NOTES: Students are expected to have a notebook exclusively for this reading class. Students will be allowed to keep the notebook in the classroom at all times.
STUDENT PREPARATION: Students are expected to arrive on time to class with the necessary supplies/materials for class. For this specific class, students must always have their assignment notebook and their language arts/reading supplies. Although we will be using a textbook in class, the books will remain in the classroom at all times.
If you have any questions or concerns about the RtI Reading Program, please do not hesitate to contact me at lschuyler@ccsd66.org or call 630-783-5022.

The week of September 21:
Social Studies quiz on Tuesday
Math Quiz Tuesday
Short Story test on Friday
Golf Trip on Friday