Project Read-Literacy Enhancement Project
The Literacy Enhancement Project at P.S. 90 has now completed it's fourth year. Our two Literacy Enhancement teams work collaboratively with the classroom teachers to extend literacy skills in small group settings. The teams use a thematic approach through the use of high quality, content rich, nonfiction and fiction literature to promote student literacy.
Each team
pushes-in to first, second, and third grade classes on a daily basis.
The teams plan and work together with the classroom teacher to
develop small group instruction. The ratio of each group is ten
students to one teacher. The focus is to improve reading, writing,
listening, speaking, and higher level thinking skills across
curriculum areas. This program has incorporated using many techniques
along with very specific reading and writing skill development
techniques to help our students work towards meeting the New York
State High Performance Standards.
Second
Grade Galimoto Project After reading
Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams children created
their own galimotos and wore sculptures. Then we wrote about
the experience. (A galimoto is a toy vehicle made of
wires.) I made glasses out of wires. It
was very easy making the glasses. Everybody liked my
glasses. They wanted to wear my glasses. I used y favorite
colors, yellow and white. I made the glasses by twisting and
bending the wires. I made it with two circles and tow short
and straight lines of wires. by Nezar class
2-201 When I was making my galimoto
flower it was hard to do at first, but I got help from Mrs.
B. At the end I knew how to do it, thanks to Mrs. B. I did
allot of twisting and then rolling with my wire and pipe
cleaners. the petals of my flower are pink. The stem and the
leaves are green. The center of my flower is
black. by Jessica class
2-201 I made a Christmas Tree with
decorations. First, I made a circle, Then, I made bumps and
I did a twist for the trunk. I got some pipe cleaners for
the balls and made circles with twists. I used one pipe
cleaner for the shape of the star. It was easy and
fun. by Aaron class
2-201
The story Galimoto was set in Africa. After working with the story, the Literacy Enhancement groups worked with students to research Africa. After organizing information on charts and Thinking Maps, children began writing essays. Here are some examples of the final products.
We learned important facts
about Africa. The weather of Africa is very hot. People wear
short pants. The women wear short skirts to keep them cool.
In Africa, the women go to the
mill to grind the maize and cook it into porridge. In Africa
people eat with their hands. Some of the animals in Africa
are different than American animals. The leopard lives by
itself. It does not have a tribe. Some of the other animals
are the lion, giraffe, and the hippopotamus. I enjoyed learning about
Africa. My family and I are from Africa. It was fun learning
about my home country. by Jide
The things in Africa are
different from America. The homes in Africa are different.
The homes are made out of dry mud bricks. The houses have no
doors and no glass for the windows. The land in Africa is
hard. The land is smooth and dry. The land in Africa has
lots of sand. The weather is hot. There is little rain in
Africa. Now our class has learned about
Africa. I enjoyed learning about another part of the
world. by Sunny We learned about Africa. We
learned about the weather, homes, and how the people in
Africa Dress. The weather in Africa is warm. In the deserts
it is very warm. There are homes in Africa. The homes have
roofs made of straw. The homes are made out of mud. The
dress in Africa is colorful. The people in Africa dress
colorfully and brightly. The women wear beads on their neck.
I liked learning about Africa. I would like to visit Africa
some day. I think it would be beautiful to
see. by Sua
