What do you do with an old school bus? Why not turn it into a library! Murfreesboro City Schools has done that, converting grant money and donated books into a traveling library on wheels. The …
Katherine Nelligan, Fourth-Grade Teacher and Instructional Lead at Purpose Preparatory Academy
One of our goals with Lead With Literacy is to shine a light on bright spots throughout Nashville doing great work to grow student literacy achievement to new heights. We visited Purpose Preparatory Academy to …
“Readers Are Leaders”
Thomas Edison Elementary put together this awesome music video – created by students – celebrating their love of reading and the power of a good book to transport you anywhere in your imagination. This is …
Project Lit at Croft Design Center Middle School
As part of our commitment to highlight quality literacy work happening in Nashville, we visited Croft Design Center Middle School to attend a Project LIT Book Club. This program is possible at Croft because of …
A Funny Side of Literacy
How can students articulate the difference between “roll” and “role”? Or all the different meanings of the word “hand”? This skill involves vocabulary knowledge as well as critical thinking skills. Jokes with puns involving ambiguous …