Reading Fluency is Fun

The second grade team and the literacy specialist will work on increasing the reading fluency of all second graders and will offer special interventions with a targeted group of struggling readers. Students will have daily tutoring sessions with a community volunteer form small classroom groups for Readers Theater activity and will pair with another student for partner reading. Funds would be used for reading materials.

Year: 2005
Subject: Reading
Amount: $1,000
Project Manager: Christina Bauer
School: Oxford Elementary

Listen to Learn

Struggling early readers will strengthen their reading skills using books on tape and through one-on-one literature discussions with community volunteers.

Year: 2005
Subject: Reading
Amount: $1,070
Project Manager: Irene Mihevic
School: Noble

Expansion Through Technology

A team of special education teachers will use highly effective computer software to help their students learn sight words.

Year: 2005
Subject: Reading
Amount: $1,235
Project Manager: Kathy Gill
School: Boulevard

Hands-On Learning Take Home Totes

A team of parents and teachers will create 60 “learning totes” that include a take home hands-on learning activity book, directions, and a paper/pencil task for students and their families in the three kindergarten classrooms. The totes target specific skills where students need improvement

Year: 2005
Subject: Reading; Parental Involvement
Amount: $250
Project Manager: Sharon Post
School: Fairfax Elementary School

Writing Poetry at Fairfax: A Poetry Performance Project

Fairfax 4th and 5th graders will write and perform poetry and meet poets in the classroom in a poetry club and at a poetry slam.

Year: 2005-2006
Subject: Writing
Amount: $1,500
Project Manager: Amy Rosenbluth
School: Fairfax Elementary School

FlashMaster

Boulevard staff from grades 2-6 will use FlashMasters award-winning handheld computers for daily classroom practice to help students master math facts.

Year: 2005-2006
Subject: Math
Amount: $1,490
Project Manager: Sandy Axner
School: Boulevard

Prepare to be Slammed at the High School Library

The increasingly popular Poetry Club will prepare for a national poetry slam during a series of workshops with guidance from a local slam coach. Competitive or “slam” poetry is an art which encourages students to improve their writing skills share their diverse experiences and invest in education through the power of the spoken word.

Year: 2005-2006
Subject: Writing
Amount: $320
Project Manager: Kathy Lawrence
School: Cleveland Heights High

Inquiry-Based Science Initiative

Canterbury teacher Terrance Rounds, who in his newly created position of part-time science coach for elementary teachers, will help 3rd and 4th grade teachers from all eight elementary schools use inquiry-based science lessons by developing their science knowledge and giving them access to the Natural History Museum Science Resource Center.

Year: 2005-2006
Subject: Science
Amount: $1,200
Project Manager: Terrence Rounds
School: Monticello Middle School

Eyes in the Sky

Sixty students will build and fly kites equipped with digital cameras as part of their math and science classes. This arts and technology integration strategy will generate stereo photos of the school grounds that will be analyzed and students will create a website to display their findings.

Year: 2005-2006
Subject: Science
Amount: $1,500
Project Manager: Al DeGennaro
School: Mosaic Experience School

Books for Reluctant Readers

A team including an English teacher high school librarians CH-UH Public Library staff and a high school technology specialist will provide struggling 11th grade readers appropriate reading materials book club discussions and Accelerated Reader assessments to develop their reading and writing skills.

Year: 2005-06
Subject: Reading
Amount: $900
Project Manager: Joe McCormack
School: Cleveland Heights High School

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