Opportunity

It is great that we have the opportunity to use Kindles at school. We were wondering how many schools in the United States have this opportunity? Or in the St. Louis area? Does anyone know of any around here?

Kindles in the Library and Classroom

The Kindles have become a very important part of the library AND in the classroom. The mastery of early literacy skills is the foundation for the development of strong fluency and comprehension skills. City Academy’s junior kindergarten, senior kindergarten, and first grade teachers use curricula developed by The Pleasant Rowland Reading Program, which help students to master early literacy skills and to begin to work on the five major areas of reading instruction identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Building on the early foundations of literacy, students in the second and third grade learn through guided reading in small groups of four to six students, an approach which is intended to refine decoding skills and improve fluency and comprehension. In addition to guided reading books published by Scholastic, students in these grades read supplementary nonfiction texts published by Steck-Vaughn. Students in grade three read supplementary novels. Reading instruction in grades four through six focuses on novels and Jamestown Education’s Critical Reading Series. Novels may include titles such as The Odyssey for Boys and Girls, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Hobbit, Animal Farm, The House on

Mango Street

, The Wind in the Willows, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

THANK YOU JACK!!!!

We LOVE our Kindles!!!

City Academy students started using Kindles in January. We have 11 Kindles and our goal is 11 more with covers so each student in the 3rd grade can start using them in class. Jack just raised another $825 so we are well on our way!!

Launching The Kindle Project!

The kids at City Academy have officially launched The Kindle Project!! They started using the Kindles recently and hopefully they will be able to post their thoughts and reactions about the Kindles here soon!  Check out the photo!!!

p.s.....raised some more money over the holidays for The Kindle Project at City Academy so I'm hopeful that the project will keep on growing!