Youth Literacy Programs | READING POWER, INC. - Literacy Tutoring Program
Provides independent, individualized literacy program tutoring for children in prekindergarten through grade two. Offers one-to-one tutoring during the school day at participating schools with a focus on: - Reading - Writing - Speaking Programs offer 60-100 individual tutoring sessions per year. Preschool Program focuses on: - Oral language development - Listening comprehension - Vocabulary - Love of books Volunteers work with students several times per week in the classroom. Kindergarten Program focuses on; - Story listening skills - Phonemic awareness - Phonic skills Students receive 25 minute sessions up to four times per week. First and Second grade program focuses on: - Students read texts at their instructional level. - Focus on developing fluency, writing, & comprehension - Direct word study instruction with the use of phonics and building sight word vocabulary, also emphasized. Students receive 40 minutes up to five days a week. Also offers Literacy Activity Kits and Read-Aloud videos online for more learning support.
Services
Date of Last Formal Update
10/23/2023
Data provided by
Lake County 211
Physical Address
900 North Shore Drive, Waukegan, IL 60087
Hours
Service Hours: Monday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Thursday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Friday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Voice
Application process
Student testing is conducted at the start of the school year with classroom teachers and will be selected based on results. Documents Required - None For a list of participating schools, please visit: https://readingpowerinc.org/about/#ourschools
Eligibility
Children from Pre-K to second grade student and enrolled in District 187 or District 6 Selection for the program is based on results from student testing done at the schools
Languages
None
Service area
North Chicago, IL Waukegan, IL Zion, IL Wheeling, IL Palatine, IL
Agency info
READING POWER INC
Offers literacy tutoring for elementary students.