Cadet Time

The teachers at Crestwood Elementary have added a new element to our daily schedules.  It is called Cadet Time, also known as Intervention time (and there are many more names for it, but I won't go into that right now).  We officially started last week, and I am glad to say the first week was a success!

During Cadet Time, students are broken into groups and work with a 3rd grade teacher or associate on specific reading skills or strategies.  The three sections of 3rd grade students are mixed up so they are not always with their homeroom teacher for Cadet Time.  The groups are smaller and can focus on specific areas of need or enrichment that are student specific.  Teachers selected skills and strategies to focus on for 2 week periods.  These skills and strategies are based off class assessments and those taught within the classroom during literacy.  These skills and strategies are then reassessed at the end of a literacy unit to determine if growth was made. After 2 weeks, new focus skills and strategies will be determined, groups mixed up based on demonstrated need or areas to enrich, and new small group instruction will occur.  

Currently, the 3rd grade Cadet Time runs daily from 9:30-10:00.  We currently have groups working for two weeks on summarizing, cause and effect, or building fluency.  The three Title 1 Reading teachers as well as Mr. Knoblach also work with small groups during this time so that we have ample amounts of teachers working with students to build their reading as well as challenge them in various ways if they have demonstrated success with the skills and strategies selected for the two week period.  

I wanted to let you know about this in case your child mentioned "Cadet Time".  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.