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Curriculum Reading The
Houghton Mifflin Reading Program is used in grades K-5.
This program is organized by reading-ability levels rather than
grade levels in order to provide developmental reading instruction for
students who learn at varying rates. It offers a carefully sequenced program of reading
instruction, practice, and application that fits all students' needs and
ensures the attainment of skills mastery and reading success at every
level. Skills
in the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program are organized into four major
categories: decoding skills, comprehensive skills, reference study
skills, and literary skills. The
basic components of these major skills are introduced at a reading level
that corresponds to the maturity and needs of students. Supplemental,
individualized reading programs are used in the lower
grades along with phonics skill sheets which help to reinforce
decoding skills emphasized in the Houghton Mifflin Reading Program. Grade
6 and the Junior High students are using the "America Reads"
program published by Scott, Foresman. This series offers collections of the finest literature,
giving students exposure to classical, traditional, and modern
selections in all major genre, including full-length novels and plays.
A thorough background to the literary terms necessary in
interpreting literature is provided in the texts.
Grade 6 will use Beginnings in Literature, Grade 7 will use
Purpose in Literature, and Grade 8 will use Literature and Life.
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