SFA stands for Success For All and is a reading program designed for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. SFA was started in St. Paul in the year 2000. Kindergarten students stay in class and do thematic units. Grades one through six are tested every nine weeks and placed in reading groups according to their reading level. Children from elementary through the sixth grade have reading groups that meet every morning and read or do supporting activities for ninety minutes. There are two different groups. It starts with the Roots Group, which helps the students learn to read. There is also the Wings Program, which works with comprehension and details. During SFA, students read literature for their reading level, the literature follows a process that helps them work on comprehension and vocabulary to continue reading growth.
Reading is key to survival in life and in the classroom. It is an essential skill for people to do well and succeed. Reading scores have remained high throughout the years that SFA has been taught. Becky Smith, SFA Coordinator, stated, “This is due to many factors, but placing students on reading level and not grade level has been the key to success.”
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SFA stands for Success For All and is a reading program designed for students in kindergarten through sixth grade. SFA was started in St. Paul in the year 2000. Kindergarten students stay in class and do thematic units. Grades one through six are tested every nine weeks and placed in reading groups according to their reading level. Children from elementary through the sixth grade have reading groups that meet every morning and read or do supporting activities for ninety minutes. There are two different groups. It starts with the Roots Group, which helps the students learn to read. There is also the Wings Program, which works with comprehension and details. During SFA, students read literature for their reading level, the literature follows a process that helps them work on comprehension and vocabulary to continue reading growth.
Reading is key to survival in life and in the classroom. It is an essential skill for people to do well and succeed. Reading scores have remained high throughout the years that SFA has been taught. Becky Smith, SFA Coordinator, stated, “This is due to many factors, but placing students on reading level and not grade level has been the key to success.”
