As our school continues to grow and we expand on the Literacy California Common Core standards we need to add to our leveled reading books. Students read with their teacher on a daily basis at their level, read to self (part of Daily 5, which is district wide) as well

Sierra High School recognizes that this grant request is a repeat of one requested last year. However, the pedagogical philosophy behind this request, the need for students to choose their own books and the need to replenish our library does not diminish over time. If anything, as students become more

Our students love to read, they love to talk about what they're reading, and they absolutely love it when they can talk to their teachers about what they're reading! In order to promote those conversations and continue our work around secondary literacy, we would like to request an Excellence in

Teachers are constantly searching for fun ways to engage and interact with their students. A Qball is a fun and dynamic way to engage and interact with students in a classroom or outdoors. The Qball is a throwable, wireless microphone for classrooms that looks like a ball students would toss

The main objective of Flocabulary is to engage students and to increase achievement across the curriculum. Flocabulary's "Week in Rap" presents academic content in a highly-engaging, contemporary format. Videos let the topic speak for itself, providing students with both visual and aural exposure. Lessons are available in math, science, life

In recent years, NTHS has been focusing on the literacy levels of our students. Last year, the English department attended a conference and subsequently read the book titled Book Love, by Penny Kittel. Penny's message is that in order to form life-long readers, schools/teachers need to hook students with books

"Eggs are a perfect method to paint on when you are learning about things that can break. When you know that something is really fragile, you take care of it. When you see that the whole Earth and everything in it can be fragile. - well, you can imagine how

Truckee Elementary 4th grade is requesting book sets to support science reading. The books are aligned with theNext Generation Science Standards (NGSS). We would like to purchase 6 sets of books that are recommended by the STEMscopes program to provide background knowledge and resources for research and investigations.

Listenwise for English Learners is a two year pilot of online subscriptions to Listenwise Premium for English learners at North Tahoe School and Alder Creek Middle School. Many TTUSD middle school teachers already use the free version of Listenwise with their classes, but the premium version would offer some features

I am a Special Education teacher at Truckee High School and I teach three 90 minute Learning Centers as well as coteach an English class in the spring. The past couple of years Truckee High School has set some strong academic goals to support school wide literacy with the purpose