Stopping Summer Slide, Part Deux – Scott School

School: Scott School
Number of Students: 100
Amount: 4,500

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    Grant Title: Stopping Summer Slide, Part Deux
    Submitted By: Ann Stec
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    School Name: Scott School
    School Address: 500 Warwick Dr. Naperville, IL
    Principal Name: Hugh Boger
    Other Grants Awarded: Stopping Summer Slide
    Other Grants Applied For This Year: n/a
    Number of Students: 100
    Grade Level: 1-4
    Dollar Amount Requested: 4,500
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    Applicants Beliefs About Literacy: “We read to know that we are not alone.” –C.S. Lewis I believe that literacy (listening, speaking, reading and writing) is the key to all human relationships. To be able to express one’s ideas effectively, to comprehend the thoughts, feelings and experiences of others is paramount to success in society. Reading allows us to broaden our scope, to challenge our own opinions, to meld our minds with those of authors. Sharing books allows us to relate to others, affords us avenues to unite or respectfully disagree, to forge ahead in our own understanding of the world around us through the catalyst of a writer’s words. Literacy connects us, explains us, teaches us and enriches us. I can’t imagine our world without it.
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  • How does this grant promote the development of literacy for learners?Selected students and their parents will attend a Spring literacy fair where parents can learn about the program and students can self-select 8 books for summer reading. Kids Read Now will send each participant a new book in the mail every week during the summer--keeping kids motivated to see what the next book in the box will be! Each book comes with a parent guide to help parents discuss the book with their child. Materials can come in 120 different languages so that families can work together in their primary language if they choose. After the child and parent read and discuss the book, the parent sends a text with a four digit code to Kids Read Now; the book is recorded as being finished and recorded in the data collection tool so that school staff can monitor summer reading engagement. In addition to the books, each child receives a journal with a fun and quirky illustration as a prompt for writing. It becomes the 9th book in the summer series for each participant. Kids Read Now's program is based on the work of Richard Allington and his study of what is effective for staving off summer reading loss.
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  • Does this grant provide professional development opportunities for educators (resources for programs and staff development)?There is a teacher guide and materials for how to incorporate a child's summer reading into the beginning of the following year. Teachers will also meet with RS to do a data review and come up with parameters for which students are included in the program.
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  • Please clarify your personal belief system about literacy and learning that is reflected in your practice?Listening, speaking, reading and writing is at the foundation of all human experience; what we refer to in Education as the Language Arts, is the vehicle for all learning. As a Reading Specialist, I work with students to build and strengthen their abilities in the Language Arts; we listen to directions, to each other, we learn how to "add on" to another's ideas or how to respectfully disagree. We take in others' speech and explain what we understood, offering the speaker the opportunity to listen and redirect, to reflect on the words he/she used and how effective they were at getting their ideas across. We learn how to take apart really hard words, how to use their parts to figure out meaning, and then challenge each other and ourselves to use those hard words in our speech and written expression. We reflect on what we read, respond to the author's words, look for his/her meaning through searching for evidence. We talk and write about what we learn every single day.
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  • Does this grant develop a deeper understanding of the reading and/or writing processes?This grant offers families of struggling students the opportunity to have books delivered to their homes, along with a parent guide for discussion, so that they are equipped to support their child through the summer. The parent materials ask the sort of "guiding questions" a trained educator might ask in discussing a text in order to foster comprehension and enjoyment. The 9th book contains fun, kid-centered illustrations that Kids Read Now partnered with a professional illustrator to create. Getting reluctant readers to write--to just get something down on paper--is a challenge during the school year. The 9th book is a motivator to do just that. I'm picturing asking students who participate in the summer program for their permission to showcase their books in the LC--as we do with so many authors' works--for the school community to enjoy.
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  • How does this grant lay the foundation for creating life-long readers, writers, and learners?I think bringing in the family, to read and talk about the books, is really motivating. My experience has shown me that many parents "don't know"--what to ask, what to do if a child doesn't know a word, how to find the time to read the books their child is reading. They feel ill-equipped to talk about books at home--this costs us all the celebration of reading a really good book and talking about it with our people! Learning how to talk about books is also a skill--one that reluctant readers develop late or possibly not at all. Helping the parents navigate how to discuss books at home with their kids has the potential to create a paradigm shift in the home--building a parent's confidence helps them build their child's confidence. Knowing how to read for understanding and how to talk about what we've understood motivates every adult reader I know; helping to foster this early lays the foundation for students to keep doing what brings them success and connection.
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  • Does this grant provide opportunities that link literacy at home and school?Yes! The materials are sent home but there is a data component that allows school staff to monitor summer reading engagement. Staff can reach out to families who need a little "nudge" to keep going and also see if there is a way we can help support. The books are the kids' to keep and the 9th book that the students write can be showcased here at school in the fall.
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  • Assessment Plan1. Use spring reading data to choose students at grades 1-4 (current K-3 students) 2. Track engagement over the summer; reach out to support as needed. 3. Assess reading level in the fall to compare to exit level
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  • Itemized & Detailed BudgetKids Read Now materials (books, journal, parent cards)=$45.00 X 100 students = $4,500
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