Academic Support and Assistance
The focus of GSGBC’s Academic Support and Assistance Program is to ensure that all of GSGBC’s members read on grade level by the end of third grade. If a child achieves this, they have a better than 90% chance of graduating from high school. All academic programs focus on increasing kids’ reading, writing, and math skills. The Club’s Learning Specialists are all Missouri Certified Educators with at least two years of teaching experience. Staff provides daily homework assistance.
Literacy Programs
Blueprint for Reading Success
This program is a tutoring program for kids in grades two through four who need extra help. Individualized tutoring plans are created for each child based on the results of the student’s pre-test.
My Reading Coach
This is a computer-based program that teaches reading by helping kids sound out words through letter recognition and phonics. Students then learn words that don’t follow the rules and also learn words that are more than one syllable. In addition, students practice learning comprehension and go beyond the ability to read words to actually start seeing the ideas communicated by the words.
Literacy Workstations
These work stations allow youth in grades two through four to explore reading and writing activities that increase their skills while fostering a love of reading. During workstation time (45 minutes), students choose what they want to read, work at their own pace, learn to work independently or with a partner, and work hands-on with literacy materials.
