FSSD Schools will be helping children learn to read with funds granted from Dollar General and Big Lotz. Kim Smith is a reading coach at Moore Elementary and is using the $2,000 for her Eagle Eyes intervention program. It targets below grade level readers and fledgling readers in kindergarten and pre-first grades.
Early intervention is the key. “This program will be added to our school’s arsenal of layered interventions to narrow the achievement gap,” Smith said. “Some children require years of quality instruction and interventions that are sequenced, focused, and consistent.” The program is named for the school mascot and uses supplemental literacy kits with leveled readers, ideal for beginners.
Janet Parker at Freedom Intermediate School will use her $2,000 award to help children with fluency and vocabulary concerns at fifth and sixth grade level. “Our plan is to use the funds to support reading intervention for students who are below proficient and who need fluency and vocabulary instruction,” said Parker. An iPad with online fluency and comprehension software will be purchased.
A program called Take Aim! At Vocabulary will be used to support their efforts. Additionally funds will go toward assessment materials. “I am grateful to the corporations in our community who support education with the funding of special projects,” she said. “The Youth Literacy Grant from Dollar General will provide additional materials that specifically focus on the selected student needs, allowing me to tailor instruction with highly engaging materials, applying our technology in targeted areas of reading.”
Freedom also benefited from the Big Lotz Lots2Give donation program. Approximately $675, earmarked for the movie making club, will be used to support acting and technology interests of students. “The students will have the opportunity to write, perform, and film their own movies thanks to the generous support of Big Lots and our community,” said Parker. “We are preparing students who will be ready to handle the skills necessary to use technology in new and creative ways when they get to high school and beyond.”
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