For literacy, students are taught by the Lesley University Literacy Collaborative program which consist of independent and shared writing, shared reading and writing, interactive reading and writing, poetry, chart poems and big books.

Writing Time: Modeled after the Martha Horn program, which has the children using drawing/writing books to first tell stories, and then draw stories, then label stories, then write sentences for their stories. We also share our stories with each other and with families.

Work Board: Children participate in literacy, math, science and art activities at centers in small groups and move independently from center to center.

Handwriting Without Tears: Peabody's handwriting program. Each child has their own handwriting book and each week we practice making 2 letters with follow-up practice during Workboard centers.

Storytelling and story acting: Children share stories with the class and the teacher writes the stories down. After the class has shared their stories we retell them and the children will act the stories out with each other.

Read Alouds: Every day we read a book chosen by the teacher and discuss the theme or idea of the story as a class.

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