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Assistant Teacher

Submitted by okletsgolauren on Sat, 2008-03-22 21:54.

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I go to windham center school monday through friday for atleast an hour. I help out around the school.In a third grade classroom I work with a group of 22 kids.I take groups of seven of them at a time. We go over questions that they had on homework or something that they are doing in class. Somethimes we use whiteboards to practice cursive letters and sentences. Also, they use fake money to buy things at an auction that they put together on fridays. I help them to understand the value of money. I teach them how much coins are worth. They were reading books a few weeks ago that they had to make a play out of. I helped them get props and determine who was going to be which character. It is a very fulfilling experience and i enjoy doing it.

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Started On:1-25-08Ended On:6-08
People Involved:one, myselfPeople Impacted:24+
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Literacy Group

Submitted by awex15 on Sat, 2008-01-26 23:32.

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I am currently starting a program that helps with the literary challenged elementary school children. What this group will be focusing on, is helping the kids with their reading and writing skills. Once or twice a week a few students from the high school will come down to the elementary school and read with them helping them with their reading comprehension. It is important that children are capable of reading and understanding what it is that they are reading. The percentage of children that can read and actualy want to read are declining. That is why it is important for me to help as much as I can within my community. The town that I live in has, at the most, 5,000 people inhabiting it. The classes are smaller and the students are becoming lazier and lazier by the day. hopefully, with my help, more students will be able to prepare themselves for the journeys ahead.

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Rebel Readers

Submitted by VBGarber on Sat, 2008-01-26 00:41.

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SOSE project at West High School. Books are borrowed from Pond Gap Elementary School's library and are recorded onto CD's. These discs are then donated to Pond Gap for classroom use or to be checked out from the library. Many Pond Gap students are below reading level, and this project is designed to help them improve their literacy skills. Because many students struggle to read, they do not find reading a pleasurable activity, and I would love to change this! Many of the students at Pond Gap have parents that work full time and thus are only exposed to books during school hours. I hope that this project will allow children to have a story read to them while they follow along with the book. Pond Gap also has several ESL students who are struggling to grasp the English language and reading. They have several books available in Spanish, and these books will also be recorded in Spanish and English so that these students can become comfortable with the concept of reading in their native language and then transition into English. Books will also be recorded in several other languages. If awarded a grant, the money would be used to pay for blank CD's, a classroom set of CD players, and possibly more books for the Pond Gap library.

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Started On:January 2008Ended On:Indefinite
People Involved:1 so far, probably about 20 laterPeople Impacted:400
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Tags: Elementary Reading Skills

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