Reading Recovery

 At Pinewood Primary School Reading Recovery is available to selected students in grade one. All grade one students are assessed at the beginning of the year and monitored throughout the year to ensure that Reading Recovery is available to the students who need it most.

Reading Recovery was developed in New Zealand by educator and developmental child psychologist Dame Marie Clay. It is trademarked around the world. Reading Recovery is a research-based early literacy intervention. It aims to help children develop reading and writing skills so that they are able to work with more independence.

Students are removed from the classroom for 30 minutes of individual instruction each day. A specially trained teacher develops a series of lessons to meet the individual needs of each child. Each lesson contains the same core elements and follows the same sequence culminating in the reading of a new book.  

The websites listed below contain detailed information about Reading Recovery, current research and ways for parents to help their children at home.    

I have been offeringReading Recovery at Pinewood since 1999 and I am always happy to answer any questions.

Helen Dent

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/teachingresources/english/readingrecovery/default.htm

http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/programs/readingrecovery/index.php

http://www.readingrecovery.org/index.asp

http://www.readingrecovery.ac.nz/