Past projects 2
Ready Made Resources
Funded Sep 25, 2021Thank you so much for your generosity! I can't wait to order more reading resources that will help my students become more confident readers. They work so hard each day and deserve to have the best resources at their fingertips. Thank you again for your contribution to my students and me.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Averett
Teachers Are Students, Too!
Funded Sep 16, 2019Thank you again for donating to my Donors Choose project, which allowed me to attend the Orton-Gillingham reading training. This truly was the most beneficial training that I have ever attended in my 20 years of teaching.
The day that I got back from my training I began implementing the teaching strategies that I learned with my students. They all knew I had been a "student" the previous week and they were so excited to try all the new tips, tricks, and strategies that I had learned.
Orton-Gillingham is based on a multi-sensory approach to teaching reading so that students learn with their eyes, ears, and hands. One of the most popular strategies is the auditory/kinesthetic approach to naming letters and corresponding sounds. I say a sound and then my students write the corresponding letter in sand while saying the corresponding sound, which stimulates the brain helping them to remember the sounds and letters better. They just love this activity and ask me each day if we are going to "use the sand." Seeing my students' enthusiasm has reiterated to me how beneficial attending this training was. Thank you again for your support.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Averett