What Structured Literacy Looks Like at Hamlin Robinson School
At Hamlin Robinson School, we work hard every single day to help students experience success, confidence, pride, and a sense of belonging in school in order to ignite their academic and creative potential.
Structured literacy is at the heart of how we teach reading, writing, and spelling at Hamlin Robinson School. Students learn through instruction that is explicit, systematic, multisensory, and tailored to their needs, all essential for learners with dyslexia. Using the Slingerland® Approach, students experience instruction that builds lasting skills, confidence, and true independence as learners.
Here are a few everyday components:
- Trained and responsive teachers: Teachers provide instruction targeted to each student’s needs, differentiate instruction in the classroom, and adjust in real time.
- Handwriting with structure and purpose: Students learn clear letter formation, spacing, and fluency to make writing easier. Through daily practice, writing continually becomes more automatic and effective.
- Oral language before written language: Students talk through sentences and ideas before putting them on paper, helping them build confidence and clarity.
- Direct phonics and morphology instruction: Classes break down words into prefixes, roots, and suffixes to build accurate and fluent word reading skills, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies.
- Multisensory word work: Students see, say, hear, and write sounds and words to strengthen memory and understanding.
Structured literacy gives students the tools to understand how language works. This approach builds strong academic skills and nurtures self-confidence.
HRS is proud to use an approach that empowers learners to grow, thrive, and discover their full potential.
Stacy Turner
Head of School
