Elementary Resource
ECR -- Every Child Reads initiative...
The Winfield-Mt. Union Elementary School has been involved with the Every Child Reads (ECR) since the fall of 2004. Mrs. Phelps has been on the ECR literacy team from the beginning of our school's involvement.
The ECR team received training for numerous years from personnel at the Area Education Agency (AEA) level. Reading strategies were learned at the AEA, then the W-MU ECR team taught the same strategies to the elementary teaching staff. The elementary teachers use the strategies in order to enhance students' abilities in reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
Strategies learned include Read-Alouds, Talk-Alouds, Think-Alouds, and PWIM (Picture Word Inductive Model). Techniques to increase reading fluency, vocabulary and writing skills have also been learned and utilized within our district.
If you have questions about any of these strategies or techniques, please contact the school or Mrs. Phelps (see below information).
[email protected]
319.257.7702, ext. 130
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