Cultivating a Love of Literature
I have the privilege of teaching eighth grade English and Social Studies at a Title I school. My students are hard-working, industrious, creative, and love to learn. However, readi…
Literacy, Language, and Communication
Reading Initiative
The purpose of this project is to encourage our students’ love for reading by buying books that are highly engaging for the students. The books will be used for novel studies by te…
Project AAC Access
This project aims to increase accessible communication for all with the use of a post mount communication board for the school playground and starting an Augmentative and Alternati…
Equity Through Literacy
The Equity Through Literacy Project deploys reading as a means of social and economic mobility while nurturing a love of reading among opportunity youth in Juvenile Court and Commu…
Biliteracy Focused Play Workshop for Equity
Studies show that play is one of the most effective ways for young children to learn. This project aims to enhance the play experiences of our emergent bilingual students in TK and…
Free Choice Reading in 4 Languages
Free Choice Reading in 4 Languages aims to bring diverse libraries to our 20 French, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and heritage Spanish classrooms across 6 schools in our district. Our…
Journeys!
Each child in Ms. Jacobsen’s reading intervention classroom (about 90 students that come for about 30 minutes a day) will get a passport that is stamped when they read a book (fami…
Let’s Read and Play, TK and K!
Let’s Read and Play, TK and K! will provide a motivating experience for TK and kindergarten students to play and learn at the same time. This project will be a collaborative effort…
Classroom Library
This project will allow us to expand our classroom library with books my first graders can get excited about and read on their own. We will be able to get nonfiction books on vario…
MIT Literacy Project
The purpose of the project is to encourage reading for pleasure and improve students’ literacy skills and comfort level in using a library. The majority of MIT students don’t choos…
