Young readers receive literacy boost at Reading College
Over 60 Red Deer Public School students entering Grade 3 this fall are getting a much-welcomed boost to their literacy skills this summer through the eighth annual Reading College.
An initiative of The Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools, Reading College takes place on the campus of RDC and immerses the young students in a literacy-rich environment where support is offered to strengthen their skills and give confidence and excitement to reading and writing.
Mentor teacher and program coordinator Elvy Goring says the students involved were selected by their Grade 2 teachers.
“They get 21 extra days in the summer to work on their literacy skills and we try to give them that added boost so they go into Grade 3 full of confidence and great reading and writing skills,” exclaims Goring. “We have three classrooms and the students rotate through them. We have a Dr. Seuss theme, we have radical readers, awesome authors and word wizards.”