8265 Literacy Tutorial
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
20 weeks
Prerequisites: None
Offering: Both semesters
Literacy Tutorial is designed for students who need developmental or remedial support in reading. More specifically, Literacy Tutorial is tailored to meet the student’s individual reading needs, which include, but are not limited to, reading comprehension, written expression of comprehension, word study (including Wilson decoding), fluency, vocabulary development, and test-taking strategies. Informal reading inventories and other diagnostic assessments are used to help determine a student’s needs, establish learning targets for individual growth, and inform instruction. In addition, Literacy Tutorial provides English Academic Intervention Services to help support and prepare students for success on the Common Core English Regents Examination. This half-credit course is open to regular and special education students and can be taken more than once to provide sustained reading support.
9899 E=mc2
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Offering: Full year
Exam: Portfolio and journaling review
Reading Level: High
Prereq: Instructor approval
Exploring with Mindful Creativity & Curiosity is a guided inquiry course that allows a student to choose their own topic to research and build their project over the course of the school year. The librarians serve as the research and inquiry coordinators and facilitators of this program. Instead of following a traditional curriculum, the coordinators allow students to focus on innovation skills – the 5C’s – creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and curiosity. The course’s goal is not to master content, but to question skills to help facilitate the 5C’s for a deeper understanding of what it means to think and learn, rather than memorize and recite.