Lynwood Avenue School student learn centered instruction to improve academic performance in the area of literacy in order for all students to become proficient readers, writers, listeners and speakers. To ensure student success, a safe and orderly environment will be provided which fosters responsibility and respect for self and others. Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation. With language arts, students have a wide range of opportunities to learn about literacy in a way that promotes reading, writing, speaking and listening in their daily lives. For reading, instructional components of this balanced approach include the teacher reading a book or text to students Read Aloud, students reading with the teacher Shared-Reading, the teacher working with a small group of students who use similar levels of text Guided Reading, students reading independently.