2010-2011+Langley+School+Questions

Welcome to schools from Langley. Please post your inquiry question in the appropriate section:

Reading
Nicomekl Elementary School is focusing on Literacy and Guided Reading across all grades to create a common language used from year to year, with attention to our most vulnerable students. We have not completely narrowed down our question, but it will be soon.

Numeracy
R.C. Garnett - Will having older buddies listening to grade 1 students read math books and doing related math activities with them improve all students’ performance in numeracy as measured using the performance standards? Our project involves 3 grade 1 classes and 2 grade 6/7 classes. The grade 1 teachers select books that are at an appropriate reading level for the students. The grade 6/7 students read the books and design questions and activities for the younger students. On Buddy Day, we all meet and the younger student reads to the older student who asks guiding questions and records answers. They do the activity together, and then the older student uses a short form of the numeracy performance standards to record their buddy's progress.