Sierra High School is involved in an ongoing commitment to build student literacy. To reach those means, the staff at Sierra High School regularly collaborate on how to implement literacy across the curriculum. Staff actively engages in professional development that supports the development of discipline based literacy skills and practice

Phonemic awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds, which are called phonemes. A child who is phonemically aware is able to isolate sounds, manipulate the sounds, blend and segment the sounds into spoken and written words. Phonemic awareness is an auditory training process. It

Last year, Kings Beach Elementary was awarded a grant for Palabras a Su Paso, a Spanish spelling program for students in grades K-4. This grant was very well received and currently we lack a similar English component for grades 2-4. Thus, Words their Way would help Kings Beach Elementary strategize

Time For Kids is a magazine subscription that provides students with information on current events and timely discussions. TIME, the trusted name in journalism, offers authentic journalism tailored for students. TIME for Kids supports standards-based daily instruction while inspiring students to join the national discourse on current topics. The articles

This app allows students who are logged into Google Chrome with their student email accounts and working in Google Docs the ability to do the following: Listen to the text read aloud Use the built in regular dictionary and picture dictionary Voice type into the Google Doc Use word prediction

Reading in the elementary classroom looks different across the day and across subject areas, while also serving different purposes. Reading is conducted in whole and small groups with a goal to improve comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and vocabulary with a focus to either inform, persuade, or to entertain. Both whole group

This grant will provide the funds to refresh and replenish our first grade leveled reading books. The collection of 70 books is leveled D-J and includes a wide variety of fonts, layouts, illustrations and genres at each level. There are informational and narrative texts at each level, and the collection

Scholastic News 2 is a subscription to a high-interest current event periodical which is written at an appropriate reading level for second graders. Each issue comes with teaching tools that support our ELA, science, and social studies curriculum. Additionally there are numerous technological components of a subscription which support our

Scholastic News 3 is a subscription to a high-interest current event periodical which is written at an appropriate reading level for third graders to support their Reading Informational Text standards. Each issue comes with teaching tools that support our ELA, science, social studies, and technology curriculum. Additionally there are numerous

Read Naturally is a researched based, web-based, individualized reading program that targets struggling readers. The program is designed to increase students phonics skills, vocabulary development, reading fluency and reading comprehension skills. The stories are non-fictional, increasing student engagement and motivation. Teachers are able to monitor students success on each story