Reading at Mohegan Elementary School

The faculty and staff at Mohegan Elementary School are dedicated to providing students with the skills and strategies necessary to become lifelong readers.

Students in grades K-2 are using the Imagine It! Reading program published by SRA. This program focuses on phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, fluency and reading comprehension as well as grammar and writing. Students participate in whole group and small group lessons in order to meet their individual needs.
Students in grades 3-5 are using the Pegasus reading program. They also participate in whole class and small group lessons in order to meet the needs of individual students. Lessons focus on vocabulary, fluency and reading comprehension strategies.

All students in grades K-5 are assessed three times a year using DIBELS, a new assessment for our district. This scientifically researched based assessment focuses on phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency in grades K-2 and oral reading fluency and retelling fluency beginning in the middle of grade 1 and continuing in grades 2-5. Students in grades 2-5 are also given the DRP (Degrees of Reading Power) in the fall and grade 2 students are also given the DRP in the spring. Students in grades 3-5 are given the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) in March.

Students who need extra support in reading have additional opportunities to work on their reading skills. Literacy paraprofessionals work closely with K-2 teachers to provide intervention support for struggling readers including extra phonics practice with the START program and using supplemental materials from Imagine It! Students in grades 3-5 participate in small group instruction with the reading consultant. These students receive instruction in vocabulary, fluency and the reading comprehension strategies necessary to become a successful reader.

If you have any questions about our reading programs, please contact our Reading Consultant, Lisa Zablonski, at lzablonski@montvilleschools.org .