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GRANTS FUNDED FALL 2007

F07MG1 – ASHA National Convention in Boston

Debbie Dressler, Loring Speech & Language

$480.00

Two representatives will attend a three day American Speech Language and Hearing Association conference. This conference is held in Boston once every ten years. In addition, the grant funds a short course on Intervetnion for Unintelligible Speech. Attendees plan to share their findings during ILAP with a dedicated workshop as well as coping releveant materials for placement in the school library.

F07MG2 – Literacy Center Games

Barbara Wasley, Haynes 2nd Grade

$464.70

A second grade team at Haynes Elementary School will purchase literacy games to be used during reading workshop. Students will play independently while the teacher attends to the guided reading groups.

F07MG3 – Harvest-Time Still Life Painting

Ron Darzan, ECMS Art Department

$100

Art teacher at Curtis will purchase seasonal items for use in setting up a still life arrangement which will include pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, etc.

F07MG4 - Maintaining Out of Print Works in the English Curriculum

Bill Ray, LSRHS English Teacher

$450

This grant would fund a document scanner to be used by the English Department. The department currently runs into problems with chosen texts going out of print, Having access to a document scanner would allow the department to offer access to those books both on-line and through printed copies.

F07MG5 – Cyrano at Lincoln-Sudbury

Danielle Weisse

$600

This grant would fund a 90 minute performance of the play Cyrano by a traveling professional theater company (New Rep on Tour). Danielle Weisse hopes that by bringing professional theater to students at LS, she will spark a broader interest in foreign literature, plays and theater in general. The theater company supplements its performance with study guides, workshops and post performance discussions. Any seats not filled by students will be made available to the public.

F07MG6 - Understanding India through the Lens of Bollywood

Sandy Crawford

$300.00

This grant would fund three days of presentation and discussion by L-S graduate Dave Kahn. Mr. Kahn will lecture a total of six times for four classes. In addition, he is willing to show his independent film and have a Q&A for students after. Mr. Kahn has already donated a copy of his film to L-S. Sandy Crawford, a history teacher, is excited to incorporate the arts into teaching of history.

F07MG7 - Chinese Culture through Tai Chi

Sandy Crawford

$300.00

This grant would fund three days of teaching Tai Chi to two classes. Sandy Crawford would like to expose students to the traditional Chineses martial Arts. Daoism, and traditional Chinese ideas about health. Applicant would like to introduce kinesthetic learning into the classroom.

F07MG8 - Examples of Choral Excellence for the LSRHS Mixed Chorus

Ruth Hartt

$350.00

This grant would enable Ruth Hartt to build a library of choral CDs and videos to be used in the classroom for listening exercises and to stimulate class discussion.

F07MG9 - Literacy Centers

Joseph Dinmore and Mary Weust

$740.00

Joseph Dinmore and Mary Weust are requesting funds to attend a course on the development of Literacy Centers in the classroom. Using this knowledge these 2 nd grade teachers will purchase materials and develop curriculum to go with them. The two teachers have each committed 4 additional hours each of professional development time to this initiative with the Curriculum Specialist

F07MG10 - Core Literature Guides

Kathy Zito and Sandy Bell

$625.00

Kathy Zito and Sandy Bell will create nine core literature instructional guides – one for each grade level for grades 3, 4 and 5. The guides will be designed to teach themes, character development, writing crafts and figurative language for district core literature books. In addition, suggestions for extension activities will be included.

F07MG11 - Listening Center Materials for Grade 1

Kathleen Carney

$ 325.00

Kathleen Carney will purchase multiple copies of books and audiotapes or CDs for use in a literacy center in one grade 1 classroom at one school. These materials will be leveled according to DRA in order to support the guided reading program. Other grade 1 teachers at that school will have access to the materials. Students will use the materials for 15 minutes each day.

F07MG12 - Guided Reading: Providing the Right Challenge and Support

Daria Hayes and Kathy Zito

$741.40

Daria Hayes and Kathy Zito will purchase complete package of the Rigby PM Silver Story Book Collection to enhance guided reading instruction in Kindergarten, first and Second grades. Collection consists of 6 copies of 18 titles. The titles are leveled from a mid to end of 2 nd grade reading level. The Rigby books are noted for the promotion of multiple reading strategies within the context of engaging storylines. Texts will be stored at the literacy center and checked out as needed.

F07MG13 - First Grade Guided Reading Extensions

Reyne Booth and Kathy Zito

$750.00

Reyne Booth and Kathy Zito will create eighteen activity packets to support the first grade guided reading program for seven new titles (6 copies each) as well as 11 leveled texts currently in the school collection. Each packet will contain a variety of phonic, comprehension and writing tasks for a particular leveled reading title. Copies of the packets will be distributed to the literacy specialist for use across the district.

F07MG14 - iPods for English Language Learners (ELL)

Ellen Donahue and Cecilia Nunez-O’Doherty

$ 720.00

This grant would fund the purchase of two iPods, technology recommended by the District Technology Department, to be used to improve English fluency, listening skills, vocabulary expansion and reading comprehension. Ellen Donahue and Cecilia Nunez-O’Doherty currently use tape recorders which are outdated to address this need. Using an iPod students will be able to hear their own voices as well as prerecorded material.

F07MG15 - “Teaching Kids to Comprehend What They Read” Workshop

Jan Binus

$ 744.00

Jan Binus requested a grant to fund the cost of sending the reading tutors from each elementary school to the “Teaching Kids…” Workshop on 1/24/08 in Randolph MA. Workshop is intended to provide staff development in teaching reading comprehension.

F07MG16 - Gift of Art

Jeanne Goldner

$ 750.00

This grant would fund the cost of purchasing 75 fine art posters to create a library of art posters. Jeanne Goldner would like to introduce students to many different styles of art. Students in grades 1 -5 have been challenged to learn to recognize 54 works of art by the end of the school year. Jeanne Goldner devotes 10 minutes of each 45 minute period to art appreciation (3 artists every other week). Art works are also being displayed in the classroom, dining room and second floor hallway. Teaching is being extended into the general education classroom with copies of art being distributed to each teacher to display. In addition, copies of the art pictures are available online through the school computer system. Students are invited to take optional art quizzes on these artists.

F07MG17 - Literature Seminar in India

Alison Cutler and Katie Worth

$ 750.00

Alison Cutler and Katie Worth request funding to support attendance at a literature seminar in India during February vacation provided by Teachers as Scholars.

F07EG1- Massachusetts Alive!

Rebecca Howard, Loring 3rd Grade Teacher

$2,000.00

Rebecca Howard has been awarded a grant to purchase 50 textbooks and an audiobook of the textbook Massachusetts Our Home for the social studies unit on Massachusetts. This text was recommended at a Primary Source course she took over the summer. With these texts, the entire third grade at Loring will have the opportunity to experience an enhanced social studies curriculum

F07EG2 - Math Enrichment Materials: Project M 3 (Mentoring Mathmatical Minds)

Joy Cooke, Curriculum Specialist

$9,910.00

Funds for this grant will be used to purchase Mentoring Mathematical Minds (Project M 3) materials for grades 3, 4 and 5. These materials will be incorporated into the Math Challenge Centers supported by SERF last year. In conjunction with past grants, these materials will help provide an opportunity for differentiated learning for the more advanced math students in these grade levels. This grant will provide funds for one set of materials per grade level at each school. In addition, the SERF funds will be used to pay for training of two lead teachers at each school in the use of the materials. These lead teachers will then be able to train their peers in the use of these materials during ILAP sessions. In this way, all third, fourth and fifth grade classes system wide will benefit from this grant.

F07EG3 - Can You Dig It – 2007

Karen McCarthy, Curriculum Specialist

$1,476.00

This grant will allow two sixth grade science teachers to create a simulated fossil hunt/ archeological dig for grade 6 science students. The dig will support learning in evolution, life science, anatomy, history of early civilizations and geology. The teachers will create a teacher guide book and science kit so that all sixth grade classes can benefit from this unique experience.

F07EG4 - Exemplars for Science

Karen McCarthy, Curriculum Specialist

$1,840.00

This grant would fund two site licenses to Exemplars, an on-line community of teachers who compile best practices in science assessment. Exemplars, Best of Science K- 8 CD contains 220 science tasks to be used for assessment in grades K – 8. Karen McCarthy plans to pilot the materials while working with grade level teams during in-service (ILAP) time. Exemplars will be used primarily for the establishment of assessment tools and training in science assessment techniques . Areas of study addressed include: earth, physical, life and technology/engineering concepts.

F07EG5 - Keyboards in the Classroom

Michael Gorgone, Noyes Music Teacher

$4,500.00

SERF has committed to funding 10 Yamaha YPG225 Portable Grand Keyboards and related accessories at the Noyes elementary school. Michael Gorgone will use the keyboards to facilitate the teaching of piano, reading notation, technique, music theory and composition. The pianos will be utilized by Kindergarten through 5th grades.

F07EG6 - Study Tour of China

Shannon Famigletti, Katie Carpenter, Noyes 4th Grade

$3,900.00

Ms. Famigletti and Ms. Carpenter, 4th grade social studies teachers from Noyes will participate in a Study Tour offered by Primary Source entitled “Continuity and Change in China”. Tour dates are April 12 – 26, 2008. Ms. Famigletti and Ms. Carpenter spent time last summer attending a Primary Source Class on the “Enduring Legacy of Ancient China”. The trip to China will support further learning to enhance the Ancient Civilizations curriculum. While away the teachers will be in daily contact with students both in Sudbury through web blogs and podcasts and with students in local Chinese schools. In addition, Ms. Famigletti and Ms. Carpenter will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices with educators from China. SERF funds are to reimburse the teachers for the time spent developing curriculum and communicating with students.

F07EG7 - Units of Study: Video Catalog

Joshua Baumer, Haynes 1st Grade

$ 1,000.00

Mr. Baumer will coordinate the creation of a collection of videos and DVDs containing model mini-lessons and conferences supporting the new Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Primary Writing Program. The collection would include one mini-lesson and student/teacher conference on each of six units for K, 1 and 2. The collection would be stored in the Haynes Literacy Center so that all teachers could have access. In addition, the video catalog could be used as a training tool for new teachers learning the Lucy Calkins program.

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