The Literacy Intervention program is an intense reading support group for students. Students with multiple reading concerns are the typical candidates for the literacy intervention. Along with classroom reading instruction, students who qualify for intervention will receive 30-40 minutes of additional small group reading instruction, 4-5 days a week, with a reading teacher/specialist. Intervention Literacy has a balanced literacy approach focusing on accuracy, fluency and comprehension. The components of an literacy lesson include: rereading a familiar book, word work, writing and introduction/reading a new book. Close collaboration with the intervention teacher, classroom teacher and student families are aimed to promote accelerated learning in order to meet proficient reading goals.