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

The objective of using listening centers is to improve ELA skills and to emphasize the enjoyment of reading. Effective literacy centers provide opportunities for students to access quality literature, no matter what their reading level. They are multi-sensory and help meet the diverse range of student interests and ability levels

The objective of this program is to support vocabulary developement. The relationship between word knowledge and understanding of text, or comprehension, is well established. Vocabulary is also correlated with writing ability and with spelling. The stronger a student’s vocabulary, the better he or she performs in all areas of the

Program Objectives/Application to State Standards: The following objectives directly correspond to the Common Core State Standards and to the Next Generation Science Standards. An extensive number of standards will be covered. To increase collaborative conversations with diverse partners on 5 th and 1 st grade topics which build on ideas

To create and inviting, comfortable, and functional space that will facilitate the implementation of Daily 5 literacy activities.

"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