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Text Box:            Literacy Leaders     A Reading Task Force was formed in 2002 as a result of our school improvement plan. The purpose of the task force was to create an awareness of  the importance of reading to the Perry County Community.    Look for newspaper articles in the Buffalo River Review submitted by the Task Force volunteers as follows:    Nicky Bunch, 6th grade, Lobelville Elem., Ashley Carroll-Attendance Supervisor, Sharon Doyle-Title I, Linden Elem., Vicky Fortner- Supervisor,-Task Force Consultant, B.O.E., Pam Gwinn-Special Education Linden Elem., Andrea Text Box:   Text Box: Herring,-Language Arts, Linden Middle, Nelda Hinson- Instructional Supervisor-and Committee Chair, B.O.E. Sharmin Jones-2nd grade, Linden Elem. Lynda Mackin-Literacy Coach  & Title I, L.E., Angel Moore, vocational Educ., P.C.H.S., Donna Tucker, Language Arts, Linden Middle School, Rosemary Turnbow, Special Education Supervisor, B.O.E., Kathy Whitt- Spanish, P.C.H.S., and Angie Williams-3rdgrade at Lobelville Elementary.                   Text Box:   Tier III…… INTENSIVE INTERVENTION….… for a small % of students  who require MORE VITAL SUPPORT.  The teacher provides instruction that is more explicit and intensive.                Text Box:         Tier I…...is simply your Houghton Mifflin CORE classroom instruction Text Box: grounded in scientifically based reading research. The 90 minute reading block each day, 30 minutes whole group instruction, followed by 60 minute reading, literacy time/centers. Text Box: Tier II ……  STRATEGIC INTERVENTION designed to further meet the needs of SOME students, where the CORE  is NOT ENOUGH!  Additional small group reading instruction daily.

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Text Box: Newsletter Date August, 2007 Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 1 Text Box: ……..ME & My Family……..Summer Vacation……..Who I love…….. I feel like……..My Friends……..My Favorite Color……..School is…         Text Box:          Most of those who have attended some of the fun-filled musical workshops have a copy of the “Hungry Worm” C.D. and Alphabet Booklet to go along with the C.D.  This delightful book and C.D. was written by Joelene Griffith and illustrated by John Barnes. It’s been used with K-4th grade classes for different skills ranging from listening, memorizing, rhyme, rhythm, sequence, main character, prediction, ABC order, segmenting words and sentences, adding “s” and “ing”,  phrasing, expression, cause & effect, subject and predicate, vocabulary development, expressing opinions, to relating life experiences to text. “Music allow us to transcend our own world and partake in utterly different realities, by R. Greenberg.” Text Box: Reading... Can Come Alive Through the Magic of MUSIC in the Classroom!       Just ask a Perry County Pre-school, or K-1 teacher in your school about the great music tips they learned from the Learning Workshop Company.       Text Box:       You may use any “All About Me” graphic organizers to suit your grade level needs. Some simple topics to write about may include: “My Favorite Foods, Favorite Places, Words that Best Describe Me, My Favorite Things to Do, and My Favorite Subjects.”  Sentence starters are great ideas such as “When I am age 25…”  While applying writing this way, writing becomes special instead of a dreaded chore. The teacher may also be the scribe for the student and let the student verbalize their answer. Proofing may or may not be a part of the lesson according to your objectives. Text Box: BLOOMS’ Application Level...All About Me… Text Box: Use an “All About Me” activity to get to know your students.  It will provide a tool to make your students feel more comfortable beginning a new grade level, or being in a new classroom with peers they do not know.    

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All About Me

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How to Group

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Teachers Attend...

 

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Fuel for Instruction

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Literacy Coach

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