Story #3 Reflection

Wonderful news! Our Eagle Enrichment program’s success will hopefully be mirrored at Flat Gap Elementary, as they have just received grant funding to provide a similar program at their site. I know our students absolutely love our before and after school programming!

Story #2 Reflection:

The students decided that they want to collaborate with our media arts students to create a video of their project showcasing the many ways JC prepares students for the workforce. This video can be pushed out to potential community partners. Hopefully they can get started on that after spring break.

Austin Dillon and Pryce Adkins presented a power point which included the plan and the implementation of student involvement activities.

I’m very happy with the results of using the Chromebooks to access Immersive Reader (free by the way) in Office 365. Students who were studied for the Action Research grew and became fluent readers. Last school year I just concentrated on sight words. These are definitely important, but when I added their decodable books to the reading centers (on…Read More

I received 5 HP Chromebooks. With these Chromebooks, I am using Microsoft’s newest softward (free by the way) called Immersive Reader. With this software, the struggling readers in my class are now interacting with sight words (similar to digital flash cards) and stories. After I type the stories and/or sight words into either Word or OneNote,the…Read More

I am finding the Student Senate very interesting. I especially enjoy seeing the students in leadership roles.

Project Title: All Hands on Tech: Reaching Struggling Readers with Office 365

Area of Focus and/or Research Question: The area of focus for the Action Research project is reading fluency. If a child is a struggling reader, he/she reads slowly and spends a great deal of time decoding words which in turn leads to poor comprehension. Acceptable…Read More

My grant was to fund a Microsoft Surface so that I could teach sight word fluency more successfully to my students who need Tier 2 intervention in reading. Using the Surface tablet, I downloaded the OneNote App and the add-in called Learning Tools. Learning tools was originally created to meet the needs of students with dyslexia. But all students…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

Belfry High School Library Student Council and Belfry Public Library collaborated to assist elementary school students with reading and technology. Student’s read, created, and connected with other countries on the history and celebrations of various holidays including Halloween , Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Students learned to navigate an…Read More

The STLP students and I tutored Preschool and Headstart students using Bee Bots, computers, and STEM kits to build Fairy Tale structures (such as the bridge in the 3 Billy Goats Gruff).

An overview : Belfry High School ‘s Library Student Council in collaboration with the Belfry Public Library will host “Holidays at the Public Library ” once a month October – April. Belfry High School Library Student Council will assist elementary students to read,create, and connect with other cultures by learning about the history and…Read More

My ARI Project was a television show my first graders used to showcase their learning. The show is called “Good Day, Kentucky!” and is modeled after the morning television show “Good Morning, America. This movie was created after the children learned about schools from long ago and today. It included a cooking segment, a fashion segment, and a…Read More

Great Job Belfry! Good luck at the state tournament on Thursday.