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Deer Park ES Reading Challenge
One of the goals that our staff set for itself this year was to increase our student’s usage of the Lexia/Power Up reading program. This program is an adaptive blended learning program that accelerates the development of literacy skills for students of all abilities, helping them to make the shift from learning to read to reading to learn. There has been significant data collected to show that Lexia usage directly correlates with an increase in iReady reading scores which in turn increases Reading SOL scores as well.
As a result, Mr. D’Amato and Mrs. Hitz will be kicking off a school-wide Lexia/Power Up challenge beginning on Wednesday, February 1st and ending on Tuesday, February 28th. During this challenge, our goal is for all students in kindergarten through second grade to average 15 minutes on Lexia/Power Up per school day and our students in third through sixth grade to average 20 minutes per school day. If your child would like to work towards additional minutes at home, they can do so. However, it is important for their own growth that they receive no adult assistance. Our overall goal for the entire month of February is for our students to work on Lexia/Power Up for a total of 175,000 minutes. Minutes will be closely monitored and growth toward our goal will be shared both on the morning news and on a meter in the front hallway.
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If our students can achieve this goal, as a reward, we will be holding our first ever, “School’s Out: Bucky’s Fun Day” on Thursday, March 2nd. This day is a two-hour early release.
The day will begin with a school-wide assembly and pep rally to celebrate our students hard work and achievement during the Lexia / Power Up challenge. The assembly will set the stage for our children regarding the work they will be doing throughout the day.
We will have morning meeting as usual, attend the pep rally, and then break into grade level groups to work through activities and challenges that we hope will inspire, engage, and create team building opportunities for all our students. Activities will vary from one grade to the next, but may include board games, cooking, arts and crafts, sports, and minute to win it games among others.
On this day, students will eat lunch in their homeroom classrooms with their teachers. Hot lunches will still be available for students to pick up from the cafeteria.
Our day will end with a closing reflection conversation with their homeroom teachers and a special snack of popsicles provided by the school.
We look forward to cheering our students along as they work towards a common goal and are excited to see the reading growth that comes from it as well. We do truly hope our celebration on March 2nd is a special day for everyone!
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