The Reading Department teachs students the Arizona State Standards for Language Arts so students will become critical and lifelong readers.  Students will develop skills to become strategic readers in all content areas. 

In this course, students will increase their vocabulary, improve their spelling, reading fluency, and comprehension skills that will help them increase their learning in all subject areas. 

This year, we will be using AVID strategies at Chavez, with all freshmen.  AVID is a program that teaches students important skills, for example, organization, critical thinking and note-taking.  Using AVID strategies, students can achieve success in high school and future success in college. 

The Reading classes nclude the following segments: 

Whole group instruction

 Small-group instruction

 Software program

 Independent reading

 A whole-group wrap-upTeachers: