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Quotes from awardees of PiE Grants Fall 2010

Edie Lau

Leveled Books for All K-2 Classrooms

Barron Park

We noticed as a team that a higher percentage of students are at grade level! As a reading specialist, I noticed that not only are more students at grade level, but a stronger use of strategies and problem solving at point of difficulty. I also notice this year in particular both a PASSION for reading and stronger strategy use and problem solving ability at point of difficulty during my reading sessions. Kids are saying to me, "We just LOVE reading!"

Meg Omainsky

Digital Reference Library

Gunn High School

One particular successful story I will share involves the ESl classes who use these digital resources. The virtual reference resources we purchased have built-in translation and recorded voice features. The ESl students have found these tools extremely helpful when having to tackle content in a language other than their own.

Pat Dawson

Sharing Instructional Practices

District Office

TOSAs, teachers, principals, and district administrators all see the videos as a powerful teaching tool and are eager for a robust library of videotapes for site and district use. Showing actual teaching practice is much more meaningful than a long-winded description.

Margaret Low

Third Grade Leveled Literacy Program

Duveneck

The results of the project were that all except one student reached grade-level reading benchmarks at the end of the year. Considering that all fifteen struggling 3rd and 4th graders entered the year reading and writing below grade level, this result is near to miraculous.