The Cyrus School is currently participating in the Minnesota Reading Corp�s
preschool literacy tutoring
program. The Minnesota Reading Corps� website states that their organization
is a statewide initiative
to help every Minnesota child become a successful reader by the end of 3rd
grade. Reading Corp
members work to implement research-based interventions in an effort to help
struggling readers.
The Reading Corp staff member at CMST is Christy Hubbard and AnnaMary
Erickson. Ms. Hubbard and Ms Erickson are currently working in our
preschool setting. The tasks of our members includes assisting in creating
a literacy-rich environment in the preschool classroom, implementing
interventions in the areas of rhyming, vocabulary development, alliteration,
letter sounds, and letter naming, and collecting data for individual students
so that interventions can be tailor-made for each child.
A visit into our preschool classroom one would see Christy and AnnaMary
working one-on-one with individual children on pre-reading skills, reading
stories to small groups of children, writing with children, engaging in
chants and songs that teach rhyming skills, beginning letter identification
and sounds. One also may find Christy and AnnaMary engaged in conversations
with children to promote vocabulary development. Christy and AnnaMary spend
time each week promoting literacy in the student�s homes through
informational newsletters, literacy calendars, and nightly book reading.
They also read in other classrooms at CMST, volunteers in the District�s
child-care center, and volunteers in the community. Christy recently was
elected to serve on the Cyrus Board of Education.
We are fortunate to have the Minnesota Reading Corp preschool literacy
program in our school and would like to celebrate the efforts of Christy
Hubbard and AnnaMary our Minnesota Reading Corp staff. They are an
integral member of our team and is helping to ensure that all students will
be successful.
If you would like to learn more about the Minnesota Reading Corp please visit
www.minnesotareadingcorps.org.