Welcome
MS. POWELL - READING RECOVERY TEACHER
Hello! Welcome to Petersburg Primary School! My name is Nancy R. Powell. This is my seventh year teaching at Petersburg. I taught First Grade for five years here, and this is my second year doing Reading Recovery. In total, I have about 10 years of teaching experience. I graduated from Coker College with a degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. I have a minor in Spanish. I have a Masters in Educational Administration from Columbia International University. I have an ESL certification from the College of Charleston. I was proud to represent PPS as Teacher of the Year in 2020-2021.
I am Mexican-American, meaning that I speak both English and Spanish. I love to eat, read, sing, travel, go to the movies, go bowling, and learn new things. I love sea creatures, especially sea turtles. I also love flowers.
When it comes to shopping for the classroom, I like shopping at Target. I also like to classroom shop on Amazon and Teachers Pay Teachers.
What is Reading Recovery?
If your child has been offered Reading Recovery lessons it means the teachers think he or she needs extra help with reading and writing. Proficient readers and writers develop early. For children whose literacy skills are just emerging, getting help as quickly as possible will make a big difference in learning. Strong reading and writing skills are essential for success in school and later life.
A Reading Recovery teacher has special training to find out exactly what your child finds hard about reading and writing. Your child’s Reading Recovery lessons will be based on what he or she knows and will be adapted to make it easy to learn. The teacher will give your child an individual 30-minute lesson every day for 12 to 20 weeks. In that time you should see your child’s reading and writing improve quickly. This new learning usually helps children feel more confident about classroom work, too.
Each lesson consists of reading familiar books, reading yesterday’s new book and taking a running record, working with letters and/or words using magnetic letters, writing a story, assembling a cut-up story, and reading a new book. The teacher creates opportunities for the child to problem solve and provides just enough support to help the child develop strategic behaviors to use on texts in both reading and writing.
