This grant will: generate a buzz around reading help Foundation students acheive their Accelerated Reading objectives for their English classes help increase students' STAR reading level

To enhance learning for wiggly young ones.

All 9th graders read the same book- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba To show students an example of real-life learning To create a dialog about a core question: What does it take to be sucessful?

To provide fun and interesting books (fiction and non-fiction) for classroom learning that support literacy and academic content in accordance with Common Core Standards.

Literature circles are a way to give students choice in the classroom. By allowing them to choose books that they want to read it allows students to foster a love for reading. Literature circles are also a time for teachers to differentiate by offering a variety of books on different

*to improve student literacy *to provide engaging non-fiction reading material to students *to expose students to the type of material they will need to use in the future for research and reports *to provide students with a source of non-fiction for research purposes other than the internet *to provide a

The objective of this program is to empower students to take responsibility for/pride in the progress that they are making on improving their literacy skills and abilities. Also, this software allows the District to track students' progress over time, which is critical since data show that strong literacy skills are

The second grade team would like to increase our student's exposure to authentic, non-fiction text through the use of magazines. We will provide various options within our own classroom libraries for the student's reading pleasure. These magazines may also be used for project-based learning activities such as animal reports.

To support a reading culture at NTHS by incorporating outside reading into all English and Pathways classes.