 | The Lower School at Woodlynde is committed to creating an environment of success for each student. Woodlynde fosters the development of every child through:
- Individualization within a small group of 10-13 students with two full time teachers per class with a focus on learning styles
- Research-based multisensory instruction enhanced through technology and assistive technology tools
- Strategic instruction to develop reading comprehension, math problem solving, written expression and information processing
- Sequenced instruction that weaves adequate practice and review toward automatizing skills and freeing working memory
- Instruction by teachers proficient in Wilson Reading and Read Naturally© for building phonemic awareness, decoding and encoding, and fluency
- Multisensory math instruction based on NCTM standards with smaller groups that focus on learning styles
- Effective teaching through modeling, micro-units and clear guidelines, allowing students to achieve "big ideas" and goals one step at a time
- Development of the whole child through art, crafts, Kodaly music, drama, physical education, Buddy activities, and belonging to a nurturing community
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| | Successful Woodlynde Lower School Students:
- Develop strategies to become independent learners.
- Respond to clarity of guidelines, organizational tools, and modeling of meaningful tasks.
- Learn visually, and through active involvement, not through auditory processing alone.
- Respect others in the community and work toward developing traits for success such as: persistence, responsibility, cooperation, organization, independence and positive thinking.
- Believe "With the right tools, I CAN," and thrive in an environment where reference tools and problem-solving skills prevent learned helplessness.
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