| Show New Reading Program In West Side Schools School Shows Rapid Progress In n n new n-new new approach to reading stu sia- students dents lents at West Vest Junior Juniar High School have advanced several years ears in reading skills and comprehension since school schaal opened in September according to a report repart from frail their teacher Don Dan A A. A Caldwell THE NEWLY equipped center financed financed finan finan- ced by Title I funds is the center of af the reading program Thora Thara Yack is the teachers teacher's aide The classroom has new carpeting chairs tables interest high books workbooks workbooks work work- books in addition to controlled readers and machines to assist the students to gain reading skills UPON REGISTERING for far reading which is required of af all sixth to eighth grade students everyone is given a vocabulary vocabulary vo vo- vocabulary vo- vo and earn comprehension test From Froni the results each student is placed on an a reading level at which he can achieve success The Educational Developmental Laboratories Labor atones program is vastly different in inform inform form farm and content from fram traditional pro grams The program stresses the use of af visual audio techniques Films filmstrips film film- filmstrips strips and recordings are utilized to give the students maximum enrichment in a minimum amount of af time THE PROGRAM allows each student to progress at his hs own awn learning rate He Ile neither has to keep up with the rate of af the group graup nor nar does daes he have to be J slowed down dawn because the remainder of of his class cannot cannat learn as quickly as he J does daes Mr Caldwell explained J n I Students are kept in small groups rr where attention is given They use earphones ear ear- Jj phones phanes to get the information and other students are not nat disturbed Several of of athe a i ithe the machines can be going at the same same JJ time without interfering with the study study study-j ing of oC other students It n nEACH EACH STUDENT is urged to complete 2 u ua a test which coordinated is-coordinated is is' with the a t work wark he heels heels' is' is doing and hand it in to be v K 11 graded Some graded Some Same of the students are arc showing show show- ing real progress by advancing several grades in a few v months Mr 1 Caldwell noted that the sixth grade 3 students from fram Todd Tadd Elementary School jj u are arc really taking to the new kind of af teaching in re reading ding that is offered n J They are so eager to learn and so so A jj interested in the facilities at West Junior Juniar High that they are arc making outstanding progress Mr l Caldwell said I t Grant Drollinger Title I director of Uintah School District assisted in getting get get- get J ting the reading project set up Approximately one half of af the reading students are arc Indians |
