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Curriculum Resources for the Alaskan Environment
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Subject Areas: reading,
writing
Timeline:
open
Grade Levels:
9-12
Purpose: to develop an
extensive reading resource within the classroom; to
promote literacy skills
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J. and V.
Lewis
Literacy
Bank
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 Activities
- Have students seek out sources for free/inexpensive
reading materials (e.g., churches, secondhand stores, wholesale book
outlets):
draft letters to all potential sources; include
information about the village, school, and program for which the
books will be used
design a resource center to contain the literature;
make the books readily available to students at
all times.
Add a daily quiet time of 15 to20 minutes
to encourage
students to use
their new resource.
- Enroll each student in a book-of-the-month club:
if financial resources am limited, acquire
books quarterly instead of monthly
students will exchange books and circulate
them around the village. The books remain in a library open to
the village
students review books every issue
publish a regular publication with a synopsis
of each book. Circulate within the community.
Resources
- libraries, book stores
- secondhand stores
- paperback book warehouses; Publisher's Clearinghouse
- donation from publishers
- university publications
- state and federal government agency publications
- funding: JOM, Indian Ed, School Foundation funds,
state and federal library funds, matching grants (Reading is Fundamental,
etc.)
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Variations
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