Reading

The Reading Department is committed to providing meaningful learning experiences that will empower students to thrive in the 21st century to enhance their lives and our community; we inspire all students to become responsible world citizens by pursuing excellence through lifelong learning.Our purpose is to support teachers by providing a data-driven comprehensive scope and sequence, professional development opportunities, and effective feedback to ensure the highest quality of instruction.

Program Overview

All Reading courses are dedicated to assisting students with improving reading fluency, vocabulary building, comprehension skills, and ensuring students adopt a life-long love for reading. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of literature ranging from nonfiction texts to fictional stories of different genres as well as plays and poetry. Reading courses set the foundation for students’ academic success by being student-centered and having a TEKS-based curriculum. The following are the reading courses provided in high school:

• Reading I
• Reading II
• Reading III

Strategies

• SOAPSTone

• APE

• TPCASTT