Excited to get my project underway. Waiting on my supplies and equipment. My project title is Step On Me To Learn. I am hoping that placing academic strips on stairs will help with retention of information and increase student motivation through positive statements.

My first project is going to focus on creating guided reading instruction that will allow students to read books that will spark questions among students leading them to more reading through research. I hope to show an increase in student reading achievement on the MAP test. My second project will research if going outside of the basal series…Read More

Our project, “You Like to Write, Right?” focuses on student engagement. The goal is to compare traditional writing methods, your pencil and paper version, with a technology driven writing class. We will also focus on the difference writing to a real world audience has on engagement and dedication to the writer’s craft. One group of my eighth…Read More

Number sense is important because it encourages students to think flexibly and promotes confidence with numbers– they ” make friends with numbers ” as Carlyle And Mercado charmingly refer to in their book Teaching Preschool and Kindergarten Math. Conversesely, students who lack strong number sense have trouble developing the foundation needed…Read More

In my project, Kindergarten’s Battle to Close Achievement Gaps in Rural Appalachia, we are going to see if minimizing student distractions, increasing student engagement, and creating a library of digital student presentations increase student letter recognition, sound production, and improve language communication skills. In Kindergarten, c…Read More