Reading, Writing and Math: At the heart of our academic program is ability-grouped instruction in Language Arts and Math, provided by experienced and caring teachers.
Based on individual assessments, students receive either:
- remediation
- grade-level instruction or
- accelerated instruction
Within small groups, teachers use a variety of strategies and technologies to improve students’ abilities to decode, comprehend, and read fluently, and to develop math automaticity and procedural understanding as needed.
C/A’s small class size and flexible ability grouping also allow our teachers to challenge students at an accelerated level if they have already demonstrated mastery of grade-level content.
Science and Social Studies: Science and Social Studies are content-area subjects that are presented at grade-level.
Individualized or Small Group Support: The Lower School offers a daily 30-minute period for students to receive individualized or small group support. These supports include:
- math development
- Orton Gillingham/Wilson-based reading support
- counseling
- Speech/Language Services and/or Occupational Therapy times
- acceleration support for qualifying students.
This time also presents students with the opportunity to catch-up on missed work, strengthen a curriculum concept, or get lost in a book of their choosing.
