Pottsville Elementary School

Federal Reading Program

Reading Recovery Pottsville Elementary  K - 3

We are excited to begin another school year in Reading Recovery.  There are
3 Reading Recovery teachers: Mollie Haines, Becca Riedmueller, and Leona
Little.

Reading Recovery provides 30 minutes of one-on-one reading and writing
instruction for 1st grade students.  Begining on August 20th, we will start
evaluating 1st grade students for our program.  Twelve students will then
begin one-on-one instruction for the next 20 weeks. 

During the afternoon, we will have Literacy Group instruction for 
Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Literacy Groups consist of 4 to 5 students
meeting for 30 minutes to work on reading and writing skills.

If you need to contact us our e-mail addresses are:

mollie.haines@pottsville.k12.ar.us
rebecca.riedmueller@pottsville.12.ar.us
leona.little@pottsville.k12.ar.us

Homework 

It is very important for your child to read to you every night.
Your child will bring home a book in a book bag every night. The book and bag
needs to be sent back to school the next day, so he can bring a new book home.

After the first two weeks, your child will also bring home a cut-up sentence,
glue stick, and journal.  They need to glue the sentence into the journal and
bring it back to school the next morning.  The cut-up sentence is an
excellent tool for children to put reading and writing skills together.

Links

Book Adventure.com is a reading program similar to our AR (Accelerated
Reading) Program. Your child reads books and takes tests to win prizes.
http://www.bookadventure.com

This is our school's home page. You can go to this website to link to the
Accelerated Reader book list.
http://apache.afsc.k12.ar.us/elementary

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if  my child misplaces or damages a book?
There is a $5.00 fee for the misplaced or damaged book.

What happens if the cut-up sentence is not completed?

The first time, your child will have two cut-up sentences to complete in one
night.  If this becomes a chronic problem, your child will meet with their
Reading Teacher at recess time to complete their assignment!

 Can I come and observe my child's reading lesson?

You are welcome to come anytime to observe your child's reading lesson!