Using Mentor Texts to Facilitate Writer’s Workshop
This grant will assist with building a bank of writing models from which our teachers as well as our students would be able to access immediately. The Teacher’s College Writing Institute at Columbia University recommends that classrooms be equipped with texts that model various genres of writing as well as traits of writing. This bank […]
Voyager Math: An Individualized Math Intervention Program
Voyager Math is a balanced, systematic program that blends print and technology to differentiate instruction for every type of learner. This grant will provide an effective and motivating intervention program for the struggling math students. The teachers will have the flexibility to conduct small group lessons and to assign independent practice that can take place […]
Differentiated Leveled Classroom Reading Library
The main goal of this project was to provide materials for all students in Salt Brook and Roberts Schools to help improve their reading ability. In order to ensure that students will become literate and avid readers, their classroom library needs to be leveled according to reading ability and interest. When students are improving their […]
A SMART! Classroom / Special Education
The NPEF grant helped purchase a mobile Smartboard that is an asset to the entire special education population at the Salt Brook School. The students used technology as an important part in creating meaning and relevance in all areas of their learning and the Smartboard helped teachers differentiate the lessons to the needs of all […]
Online Literacy Program
This project would involve acquiring access to online reading resources. The on-line reading program will enhance the already highly utilized leveled library in the media center. For an annual fee Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The second resource is […]