The Super QAR
The Question Answer Relationship is a research-based method for getting students to think about what they read. The Super QAR, a program published by the Wright Group, aims to provide a shared language to make the largely abstract process underlying how we make sense of text concrete for students. Through this program students are taught […]
Step up to the Plate
Each year, the students at Salt Brook School learn and practice lessons in social decision-making and conflict resolution as part of their Character Education program. This year the Character Education Committee has developed a program called “Step up to the Plate”. The theme, having the strength and courage to do what is right even when […]
Camcorder Collaboration – Preschool Disabilities Class
This grant will enable teachers in the pre-school class for children with special needs, housed at Salt Brook school, to use a digital camcorder and tripod to accurately record student progress in given areas of development over time, in reference to various Individualized Education Plan goals and the acquisition of typical pre-school skills, as well […]
International Festival
The International Festival is a bi-annual event that offers a simulated world tour for students district-wide and the community. Live performances of traditional dancing and drumming have been an exciting feature of this program. Countries from the four corners of the earth have been represented by student booths offering a smattering of the authentic experience […]
Content Area Reading: Reading Across the Curriculum
Guided Reading is a research-based reading technique that allows teachers to differentiate their reading instruction to meet the individual reading needs of the students. Through grants over the past two years, the Guided Reading collections of both schools have become very diversified and reach reading levels up to through the end of the 2nd grade. […]