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

According to ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), phonetic awareness and letter knowledge have been identified in several research studies (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilkerson, 1985; Adams, 1990; Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998) as the two key indicators of how well children will master beginning reading skills during the…Read More

In the project-based unit “Roam Around the World: Without Wings, Without Wheels”, students will be completing a long term project at their own pace. This unit will focus on individualized learning that will address 21st century student outcomes of global awareness. In addition, this unit will integrate content standards that are already in pla…Read More

In the project-based unit “Roam Around the World: Without Wings, Without Wheels”, students will be completing a long term project at their own pace. This unit will focus on individualized learning that will address 21st century student outcomes of global awareness. In addition, this unit will integrate content standards that are already in pla…Read More

To address the problem of practice I am researching, fluency, I will use a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet with One Note and the Learning Tools add-in installed. The Learning Tools will allow me to copy and paste reading passages into One Note and then alter the passages to meet the needs of each student. For example, font spacing and short lines…Read More