Welcome to Mrs. O'Brien's reading intervention class, called Ready Set Read! My lessons are based on our Reading By Design curriculum. We also have small groups of students who will receive Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) lessons from our LLI aide Mrs. Runnels.  The program combines comprehensive word strategies and lessons to help with decoding, fluency and reading comprehension.

My class takes the place of an elective. I will work with small groups, individual students, as well as have independent reading. We read stories, analyze, discuss, write, use letter/word manipulatives and more. We work to improve phonics skills to help with word recognition and build fluency. The ultimate goal of the program is to help students bridge gaps in their reading level.

I am excited about our new school year, and I look forward to working with your child!

Contact Me

If you have questions, you may reach me at 409-925-9342 or via email at molly.obrien@sfisd.org. 

About Me

I am a 15-year English teacher. In addition to teaching, I have nearly 10 years experience as a professional writer and have been published in multiple publications including the Texas City Sun, Galveston County Daily News, national teen magazine Twist, college magazines and newspapers, and more. I truly enjoy working with students on improving their reading skills so that they can be successful in life. As we know, reading is everywhere!

Access more than 80,000 audio books for FREE!

Students have access to the free audiobook app Learning Ally. Go to http://learningally.org/Links to an external site. and log in. Their username is their first+last initial+student ID number. Password is their date of birth with no "0" in front (i.e. 3102005). Students can access books in audio+text format.