Dolores Huerta Elementary School
Literacy Initiative
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COMING SPRING 2020
DHLI Tutors
The DHLI Tutors are a group of parent and community volunteers who commit to meeting in small groups with students in K-1st grade every week in order to support their literacy growth. They will be trained by the DH Dyslexia Team to perform fluency checks and track student Fry sight word knowledge. Each DHLI tutor will be assigned a group of students to meet with 20 minutes 2-3 times per week. They will track student growth and complete activities designed to increase their reading fluency and comprehension. There will be both a Spanish and an English DHLI Tutor group, with classroom teachers nominating students that would most benefit from this intervention. The program will only focus on grades K-1st this school year, but aim to expand to 2nd grade by next school year.
Program Coordinators: Dyslexia Team + Ms. Herrera
Reading Rocks! Club
The Reading Rocks! Club will meet after school on Wednesday from 3:15 to 4:00 pm. It will be open to all students in grades 2-5th who are interested in joining, but membership will be capped at 40. Games will be played that focus on building reading fluency and comprehension. Staff will be on hand to teach parents attending with their children how to play the games at home, and what strategies they can use to best support their children’s literacy development.
Program Coordinator: Mrs. Ibarra
School-wide DEAR time 7:40 - 8:10 am
From 7:40 to 8:10 am everyday, Dolores Huerta will have D.E.A.R. time: Drop Everything And Read! As students come into their classrooms they will be expected to take part in reading activities as appropriate for their grade level and as directed by their teacher. Parents and other volunteers will also be welcomed into classrooms at this time to participate in the reading activities. Visiting volunteers should contact teachers prior to their visit to coordinate the activity they will help facilitate. Possible D.E.A.R. time activities include:
Grades PK-2nd
Teacher or volunteer-led read-aloud
Reading Buddies (older student visiting younger classrooms to help students read, identify sight words, help track their growth, etc.)
Grades 3-4th
Silent solo read
Partner read (with other student, teacher, or volunteer)
Teacher or volunteer-led read-aloud
Completing AR tests or Achieve 3000 articles on the computer
Reading Buddies (older student visiting younger classrooms to help students read, identify sight words, help track their growth, etc.)
Program Coordinator: Ms. Herrera
DHLI Tutors
The DHLI Tutors are a group of parent and community volunteers who commit to meeting in small groups with students in K-1st grade every week in order to support their literacy growth. They will be trained by the DH Dyslexia Team to perform fluency checks and track student Fry sight word knowledge. Each DHLI tutor will be assigned a group of students to meet with 20 minutes 2-3 times per week. They will track student growth and complete activities designed to increase their reading fluency and comprehension. There will be both a Spanish and an English DHLI Tutor group, with classroom teachers nominating students that would most benefit from this intervention. The program will only focus on grades K-1st this school year, but aim to expand to 2nd grade by next school year.
Program Coordinators: Dyslexia Team + Ms. Herrera
Reading Rocks! Club
The Reading Rocks! Club will meet after school on Wednesday from 3:15 to 4:00 pm. It will be open to all students in grades 2-5th who are interested in joining, but membership will be capped at 40. Games will be played that focus on building reading fluency and comprehension. Staff will be on hand to teach parents attending with their children how to play the games at home, and what strategies they can use to best support their children’s literacy development.
Program Coordinator: Mrs. Ibarra
School-wide DEAR time 7:40 - 8:10 am
From 7:40 to 8:10 am everyday, Dolores Huerta will have D.E.A.R. time: Drop Everything And Read! As students come into their classrooms they will be expected to take part in reading activities as appropriate for their grade level and as directed by their teacher. Parents and other volunteers will also be welcomed into classrooms at this time to participate in the reading activities. Visiting volunteers should contact teachers prior to their visit to coordinate the activity they will help facilitate. Possible D.E.A.R. time activities include:
Grades PK-2nd
Teacher or volunteer-led read-aloud
Reading Buddies (older student visiting younger classrooms to help students read, identify sight words, help track their growth, etc.)
Grades 3-4th
Silent solo read
Partner read (with other student, teacher, or volunteer)
Teacher or volunteer-led read-aloud
Completing AR tests or Achieve 3000 articles on the computer
Reading Buddies (older student visiting younger classrooms to help students read, identify sight words, help track their growth, etc.)
Program Coordinator: Ms. Herrera