Mayor Jerry Jennings' Literacy Campaign
Creative Minds In Action: Imaginations Engaged!
Every Monday after school from January to June 2008.
Creative Minds in Action at North Albany Academy seeks to create an environment in which learning is enjoyable and skills learned can be transferred into the classroom. The program is designed to help the children develop academic and personal excellence within and outside the classroom.
The Tulip Queen and Court will work with 10 students from third grade beginning in January. Our program will consist of an allotted time for reading and writing, and will conclude with homework help. During the reading and writing portion, the Tulip Queen and Court will read a story written by a local author and ask the children to use their imaginations to complete the story by writing and/or illustrating an ending. Once a month a local author will stop by allowing the children to share their creativity with them and ask questions. We will conclude most Mondays with homework help.
- To improve reading comprehension
- To help children be more comfortable sharing their ideas with fellow classmates
- To build confidence in their schoolwork and in their social interactions
- To develop and enhance writing abilities
- Foster Creativity
- Allowing children time to write independently and engaging their imaginations to complete the ending of a story or chapter read each week, which the reader purposely omits
- Hone Listening Skills
- To increase listening comprehension by participating in each week's reading and writing activities to ultimately create a story ending which makes sense in the context of the plot
- To bolster a sense of community and positive interactions between peers
- Through group work and pairing up the students to share their individual story endings
- Teach time management
- Balancing homework with writing activities and showing the children that a great deal can be accomplished in a short amount of time
- To make homework less of a chore and more of a successful activity!
