About the Project

Raising Readers and Writers will provide a motivating experience for primary students who are developing literacy. This project will be a collaboration between parents, teachers, and students to promote family literacy. Monthly newsletters will be sent to parents giving them ideas to promote literacy at home. During the first portion of this program, students will be taught to read using a small group instruction approach. The other half of the program will involve a Writer’s Workshop in order to create, publish, and share their own stories to an audience. Students’ books will be published as hard cover books and will be added to the school library. Developing readers and writers will benefit the most when involved in the full implementation of reading and writing instruction, with a purpose and audience in mind.