Academic Program
Middle School

Resource Center & Reading Specialists

Resource Center & Reading Specialists

In the Middle School, Learning Specialists collaborate with faculty to support student learning and promote teaching strategies that benefit a range of learning styles. Support sessions for individuals and small groups of students address the development of study skills, organizational skills and literacy skills.
The Resource Department offers Readers and Writers Workshop for students with documented learning differences, as an alternative to modern and classical languages. These classes are a study of active reading, vocabulary and written expression. Academic Workshop is offered as an elective that explicitly teaches study skills and strategies to support the development of executive functioning skills (organization, time management, planning and execution). Academic Workshop meets twice a week and is available to any student who might benefit from this type of program. The goal of all Resource Department work is to help students better understand their unique learning profiles and learn how to confidently advocate for themselves at Spence and beyond.

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  • Grade 5: Readers and Writers

    In Grades 5 and 6, the Resource Center offers Readers and Writers Workshop courses as an alternative to modern and classical languages. These classes are a study of active reading, decoding, vocabulary and written expression. Students gain an understanding of morphology and text structure and use this knowledge to improve their reading comprehension.

  • Grade 6: Readers and Writers

    In Grades 5 and 6, the Resource Center offers Readers and Writers Workshop courses as an alternative to modern and classical languages. These classes are a study of active reading, decoding, vocabulary and written expression. Students gain an understanding of morphology and text structure and use this knowledge to improve their reading comprehension.

  • Grade 7: Writer's Workshop

    In Grades 7 and 8, Readers and Writers Workshop continues as an intensive study of active reading and process writing developed to prepare girls to learn independently in Upper School.

  • Grade 8: Academic Workshop

    In Grades 7 and 8, Readers and Writers Workshop continues as an intensive study of active  reading and process writing developed to prepare girls to learn independently in Upper School.

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