Reading Beyond the Classroom
Reading to create empowerment, impact, and self-awareness in young minds.
Reading, English, and Language Arts rates are the most challenging academic subject for students. Many schools across the nation struggle with closing the literacy gap. Rooted in Reading aims to serve grades 2-5 at-risk students who are not receiving the personalized instruction needed for success.
Rooted in Reading’s mission is to provide direct instruction to students of color to improve their reading and comprehension while engaging them in learning and building their confidence to be successful.
Meet with a Reading Coach
Reading Lesson
Rooted in Reading focuses on direct instruction with elementary students. An initial session will include a Reading Inventory Assessment to gauge the student’s area(s) of growth. Once the data is reviewed, an individualized plan will be developed for students to work on vocabulary, word work, fluency, comprehension, and reading skills. The Reading Coach will monitor the student’s progress with Progress Charts of fluency passages, sight word identification, and targeted reading skills.
Rooted in Literacy to Be A Lifelong Reader
Books, reading, writing, and creating are great investments to instill in students early. The stigma of reading is commonly associated as “nerdy,” “geeky,” and even “uncool” must be dismantled. These perceptions of reading negatively impact and disengages students of color from participating in reading independently.
“Reading is a skill that must be developed and nourished daily to build growing readers.”
—Dametra Lester-Garner
“Rooted in Reading has done a phenomenal job with my daughter. She displays more confidence with reading. My child’s teacher has seen so much progress with her fluency and sight words.”
— Kim G., Parent of a 1st Grader
“It is essential for students of color to read and see themselves mirrored in text. “
— Dametra Lester-Garner