Mr. President, when you showed us the
reading question from Charlotte's Web, I realized what we do as
teachers every day in the primary grades makes the difference in
a child's life and the child's education. I know that the work
that we do at our school at Lost Creek will help our students to
be able to answer this type of question by grade 4.
I'd like to tell you a little bit what we do at Lost
Creek Elementary School. We work hard; we use some well-known
strategies such as reading recovery, which is a one-on-one early
intervention program. We teach through thematic programs and
writing activities.
Our program also includes our parents in activities
with their children. For example, yesterday at our school,
parents were given information on reading, along with playing
Bingo for books. Students and their parents received free books.
Parent involvement is very important in the education of our
children. We have set high standards for our students and our
parents. We have found great success in our reading program.
Our standardized test scores at our school over the
last five years have steadily improved. One of the reasons that
our school has been able to have a successful reading program is
because of the Title I funding and the flexibility that it's
allowed us. We would like to thank you for your support in the
Title I program. But I would also like to ask what other type of
programs you are supporting that would help our schools in the
future.
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