Literacy

Avenues Supplementary Materials

Grant Description
October, 2009

To fund supplemental Hampton Brown Avenues English Language Development materials for all elementary school classes in the district.

Amount Funded: 
$11559

Specialized Reading Curriculum

Grant Description
April, 2009

To purchase the Read Naturally program which provides student with special needs a research based reading skills program designed to increase reading proficiency.

Amount Funded: 
$1944

High Performance Writing, Reading Mastery Plus

Grant Description
April, 2009

To purchase the High Performance Writing program, which is a comprehensive resource that addresses the writing needs of all students.  The grant request is also for the Reading Mastery Plus program, which is not being funded at this time.

Amount Funded: 
$325

Thesaurus

Grant Description
April, 2009

To purchase leveled thesauruses for the second grade.

Amount Funded: 
$467

Listening Centers for School Library

Grant Description
April, 2009

To purchase listening centers with tape and cd players and science books for the school library.

Amount Funded: 
$3199

Read Naturally

Grant Description
October, 2008

To purchase Read Naturally, a supplemental tool for teachers, parents and tutors to increase reading fluency, hear the English language read repeatedly, increase reading comprehension and develop a larger vocabulary.

Amount Funded: 
$786

Shakespeare Plays on CD

Grant Description
October, 2008

To purchase the complete set of Shakespeare plays on CD from Arkangel Productions. The CD’s will be used to aid student comprehension of the plays. 

Amount Funded: 
$660

English Novels

Grant Description
October, 2008
To update and replace novels for English 9th through 12th grade, including honors and AP classes.
Amount Funded: 
$6521

Touchstone Book Series

Grant Description
September, 2008
To purchase the Touchstone book series to help increase reading comprehension skills for grades 7th through 12th. The grant will be shared with NTHS.
Amount Funded: 
$428

Take Home Books

Grant Description
October, 2008
To purchase sets of leveled readers for a take-home literacy program for K-1 students as well as 2nd and 3rd grade students reading at lower levels. The books will be sent home each week for students to read with their parents.
Amount Funded: 
$668
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