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Welcome to the Reading Lap Program at Cougar Mountain Jr. High


    In this class your student will be introduced to multiple different ways to approach their struggles in reading. There are three major programs that we use during the course of the two semesters.

    They are:

    1.) Rewards Reading Program-this program is filled with ways to help your students decoding skills, or their ability to sound out words.

2.) Read Naturally Program-this program is based on the students reading level. Encouraging them to build from one level to the next in their fluency skills or their ability to read at a faster pace.

3.) Word Wisdom-this program focuses on building the students knowledge of vocabulary within the content areas. Introducing through each lesson words that would appear in science, math, and other subject areas. 

    It is the hope of the LAP staff that your student progress as close to their grade level as possible.  However we do stress to the students that they are to only be concerned about their PERSONAL BEST or PB.  If they are progressing towards reaching a higher grade level then their current level, then that is their goal.  The speed at which they progress will be different for all students.  Creating a PB or "personal best" is how we can accomplish goal setting with every student. 

There will be multiple other ways that your student will build their reading skills.  Through the use of multiple different district approved curriculum.  WASL sample tests, approved novels, EMC literature stories and vocabulary as well as many other books and worksheets. All of which will help your students reach higher levels in reading

The four main GOALs of Reading
There are four main goals that we will focus on as well, 

Fluency-                    the speed at which your student reads
 Decoding-                how well your student reads words
Vocabulary-                 the knowledge of the words being read
Comprehension-     the ability to remember the text being read