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- 1. Literacy Day Kelly Liechty [email_address] March 18, 2010 EEX 4070
- 2. Early Perceptions Smiles all around!
- 3. Introduction to the Setting
- 4. Class Demographics Mrs. Adams Her beautifully decorated classroom door!
- 5. Personal Demographics Tutoring students Digging up dirt for my “The Dirt on Dirt” science lesson plan. Go Knights!
- 6. Participant Demographics Emily showing off her mask to her teacher.
- 10. Reflection of your Experience
- 11. The Group (L to R) Ashley Jefferson, Jennifer Viverito, Ashley Martin, Kelly Liechty, Danielle Borth
- 12. The End!
Editor's Notes
- My group chose to work in the lower socioeconomic school, Horizon Academy. Horizon is a public school catering to grades fourth through eighth. It was deigned to be a middle school however because of the population in the area the school system expanded it to also include fourth and fifth grade.
- We were delighted to have the opportunity to work with Mrs. Adam’s class. A fourth and fifth grade ESE classroom. This class has seven student ranging in abilities.
- In the class of seven students there is a diverse ethnic culture with a few Caucasian, Hispanic, and African American students. The students range in age from ten to twelve. Two of the students are ESOL students as Spanish is their first language.
- In preparation to prepare for out Literacy Day at Horizon my group and I got together for several brainstorming sessions. Throughout the semester. Then Jennifer and Danielle (two of my group members) took a trip to Horizon to meet with the students and get an idea of what kind of activities would best fit their abilities and needs. While there, they learned a lot more than we were expecting. Jennifer and Danielle shared with the group they learned about how much the students loved the Five Little Monkey book series, therefore we knew we could not go wrong if we chose a book from that group. Danielle and Jennifer also got to see first hand how much the students enjoyed coloring and acting. This gave us the tools needed to create a literacy festival to help the students learn or demonstrate their ability to retell a story after hearing it.
- My group and I coordinated a Literacy Day. During this Literacy Day Danielle read aloud a book from the class’s favorite series. We were sure to do our research to find the perfect book that the students had not read yet. We chose to read “A Five Little Monkeys Story, Don’t Wake Up Mama!” by Eileen Christelow. The corresponding activity we created for this book was to have the students create their own monkey masks and practice retelling the story. Timeline: March 1st – 5th: Meet with students and instructor. March 6th – 14th: Plan Literacy Day with group members. March 15th – 19th: Hold Literacy Day (this date is in request of the school).
- Here are some additional pictures from our Literacy Day. The story was about how the monkeys baked a cake for their mother’s birthday. While baking a cake would not work in a school setting, we decided to bring cupcakes for the students. They enjoyed eating their cupcakes as a reward for listening to the story, making their masks, and retelling the story. They were really excited about eating cupcakes!