2. Introduction
Snuffy and the Bull: The Enemy Ain’t No Joke! Reading to Learn
Good day all, my name is Snuffy!
This is a funny name for a little girl, huh? But, reading to learn is very important!
Rusty Ten Publishing LLC presents “Snuffy and the Bull: the Enemy Ain’t No Joke”, the first book and
curriculum program in the Snuffy Collectibles series.
This childhood curriculum program is designed to prepare each child to enter school and make each child
ready to learn after completing the program, provide educational services to promote folklore literacy,
and lifelong learning skills, as well as social-emotional skills.
Snuffy Collectibles is designed for Reading Literacy to prepare each student to enter the next grade level
and make each student ready to learn after completing the program, provide educational services to
promote reading literacy, and lifelong learning skills, as well as social-emotional skills.
The specific public purpose served by the 3th – 8th grade program is to increase opportunities for quality
junior high education, increase high school graduation rates for at-risk children, reduce the instance of
later student placement in special education programs, reduce the likelihood that students served by the
program will be retained in one or more grades, and ultimately, to facilitate the development of a skilled
workforce and civically engaged community
3. Snuffy and the Bull: The Enemy Ain’t No Joke Short Story curriculum provides students with:
Vocabulary words to build a bridge from the past to the present, and in some instances the future
Challenges to think critically about how American culture has evolved
A solid foundation for reading, confidence to share their own story, and college/career-level reading skills which could
serve them a lifetime.
Rusty Ten Publishing’s purpose is the provide students with a glimpse of history which has been woven into the quilt of
America and found within the eclectic tapestry of our culture
Transform the mind of students from entitlement to self-discipline and recognizing access of resources all around them
and how versatile they must be to accomplish their goals and to fulfill their dreams either to navigate through the.
. day-to-day or succeed in higher education. Students be able to inference short-term (daily living and/or steps taken to
complete…) and long-term goals
Introduction continued
Snuffy and the Bull: The Enemy Ain’t No Joke! Reading to Learn
4. The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
December 10, 2015
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/10/every-student-succeeds-act-vs-no-child-
left-behind-whats-changed/77088780/
The new law allows states to adopt Common Core but does not require
it. In fact, it requires the Education Department to remain neutral: "The
Secretary shall not attempt to influence, incentivize, or coerce State
adoption of the Common Core State Standards developed under the
Common Core State Standards Initiative or any other academic
standards common to a significant number of States, or assessments
tied to such standard."
5. Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
2010
https://www.nassp.org/Content/158/RevisedElementaryActionBrief_Final_Feb.pdf
No one person alone can possibly affect the kind of
transformation in school culture necessary to successfully
implement the CCSS. Instead of control, school leaders must
work to build collaborative communities of learners. In today’s
schools
“the lead learner is the learning leader.”
Equity Results Efficiency Cost Effectiveness Consistency Collaboration Innovation
6. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
JANUARY 8, 2002
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/10/every-student-succeeds-act-vs-no-child-
left-behind-whats-changed/77088780/
"The fundamental principle of this bill is that every
child can learn, we expect every child to learn, and you
must show us whether or not every child is learning,“
High standards Accountability Closing the achievement gap
7. READING LITERACY - FOLKLORE
Folklore is an integral part of any culture. Folktales are derived from the daily experiences of ordinary
people. Scholars like Adeyemi (1998) and Olajide believed that the medium of writing may have
reduced the original flavour of folktales. In the olden days, elders gathered young ones, especially
children, to tell them stories of dead people that had shown bravery, animal kingdom, birds, reptiles,
and the gins. Those stories (folktales) have the following advantages.
(1) They sensitize children to the immediate environment.
(2) They help the children to develop self-confidence.
(3) They also sharpen the children’s survival instinct.
(4) Folktales increase the children’s patriotism.
(5) They enhance moral development
Cultural experiences, especially from folktales (Olajide, 2007b) and popular culture items (Cheung,
2001) should be used in grooming young learners for future leadership.
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8. SNUFFYARY
The Snuffyary is Snuffy’s Dictionary of word definitions and should be
reviewed prior to reading the book, Snuffy and the Bull: The Enemy Ain’t
No Joke. Student will need to review, define, and be tested on vocabulary
words BEFORE reading book.
Being familiar with the words in Snuffyary will provide a greater awareness
and familiarization of past history and the way Snuffy and Grandma
communicated with each other.
