The reading difference is Greengate School
Across a rich and challenging curriculum, students find encouragement to
pursue their talents and interests in math, science, social studies, the
arts and athletics. An active, energetic learning environment fosters discovery,
exploration, understanding, and the opportunity for each student to show
what he or she can accomplish.
Let me show you what I can do!
Unfortunately, as children with leaning differences (LD) struggle to
succeed, many deal daily with verbal abuse and humiliation from their
peers. Even though many of these kids are gifted, students with leaning
differences can become disheartened, unsure of who they are and what
they can do. Whether it’s their inability to complete class work at the same pace as others, the embarrassment they feel when asked to read aloud, or the stigma of being shuffled off to special classes, their self-esteem suffers and it becomes increasing difficult to motivate them.
Small Classes
Low student-to-teacher ratios allow teachers to know students as individuals:
to support their needs, nurture their strengths and pace their instruction
appropriately. In this way, students can progress as quickly as they
are able or as slowly as they need.
Multi-sensory Teaching
At Greengate, teachers actively engage children’s learning through all
of their senses. Sight, sound, touch, and taste and smell all have a
role to play in the effective acquisition of new skills and concepts and
in review. Individual Tutoring Orton-Gillingham structured,
multi-sensory language teaching methods form the basis of daily
individualized tutoring and language lessons for beginning students.
Research shows that reading instruction that is explicit, systematic,
sequential and cumulative benefits children with reading difficulties
(dyslexia). Daily individualized tutoring for all students provides
opportunity for crucial practice and review
Greengate
School is a member of the International Dyslexia Association and formal candidate for accreditation by the Academy of
Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators.
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