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Enhancing Literacy Through Adventure: The Big Read Initiative at Alabama Elementary Schools

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The Big Read initiative, led by Jennifer Anders and Michelle Wilson, embraces literacy by adapting classic literature like "Tom Sawyer" and "Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey" for elementary students. Utilizing differentiated learning styles and multiple resources, this program promotes engagement through activities such as Adventure Journals, research, and hands-on crafts. With collaboration as a core principle, the initiative leverages technology and community partnerships to enrich the reading experience, ensuring that all learners have access to quality literature and creative learning opportunities.

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Enhancing Literacy Through Adventure: The Big Read Initiative at Alabama Elementary Schools

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  1. Jennifer Anders-West Jefferson Elementary School Michelle Wilson NBCT-North Highland Elementary School The Big Read

  2. Why a “Big Read?” • 2010: Tom Sawyer (statewide) • We adjusted to elementary school • Adventure Journal (crossword puzzles, Mark Twain research, pirate research, new vocabulary terms, etc.) • Differentiated for multiple learning styles and ability levels • Facilitated through wiki: http://nheskids.wikispaces.com/The+BIG+READ+Resources • Steamboat contest-partnership with local public libraries

  3. Steamboats

  4. Steamboats

  5. Steamboats

  6. Steamboats

  7. Adventure Journal

  8. Adventure Journal

  9. Meeting the Various Needs of our Various Learners david4books@aol.com

  10. Adventure Journals

  11. What??!! No “Big Read???!!!” • No funding for statewide initiative • Our response: “Let’s do our own!!!”

  12. Collaboration is the key! • 2011: 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham • Our rational for this selection • Alabama author • Timely • A favorite title

  13. How we did it • Methods of collaboration: • Email • Text • Twitter • Facebook *Reflection

  14. What we did • Introduced Kathryn Tucker Windham through video or a booktalk

  15. Jeffrey Journal • Organizes activities for the unit • Differentiated • ACOS • Various activities: Tripline, booktalks, labeling Alabama counties, drawing route of Alabama rivers, ghost crafts, attendance at play • Facilitated on wiki • Quality finished product

  16. Our Go-To Resources

  17. Southern Architecture

  18. Southern Architecture

  19. Ghost Museum

  20. Ghost Museum

  21. For more information… • Jennifer Anders: janders@jefcoed.com or wjeslibrary.wikispaces.com • Michelle Wilson: mwilson518@gmail.com or nheskids.wikispaces.com

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