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Innovation Grant Applications

Project Title iLoveStorytelling! Amount Requested $1,000 School Mill Creek Elementary Name(s) of Applicant(s) Danielle Walden Position/Subject/Grade(s) Media Specialist/Reading E-Mail Address daniellew@strl.info School Telephone 912-687-1483
(Primary Applicant/Project Manager)

Who can apply?

The opportunity to apply for The Foundation for Public School Education in Bulloch County Innovation Grant is open to all Bulloch County School System teachers, media specialists, counselors, or any combination of teams within one school setting or among schools. However, only one award per year project will be made.

Please check only one main category. Arts Career Technology Language Arts Foreign Language Math Science Social Studies Health/Physical Education Parent/Community Involvement School Climate (attendance, discipline, character education) Other___________________________

1. PROJECT SUMMARY ***Students today are surrounded by technological enticements. In a world where students at a young age are introduced to such technologies as cell phones, video games, tablets and computers, it is vital for educators to use technology to their advantage. Young people are becoming vastly superior to many adults when it comes to different forms of technology. Educators need to harness these skills and capitalize on them when preparing instructions for students. One such tool that is becoming more and more prevalent is the iPad tablet. The iPad allows educators, parents and students to take education to the next level. There are countless apps for educational use, most of which cost very little or are free. It is also extremely user friendly allowing even the youngest of students to have success when creating projects on the iPad. One such app is Toontastic which allows young students to create a story with illustrations and narrations. This particular app has an array of story scenes and characters. Toontastic allows the student to create a story arc complete with setting, plot, main idea, conflict, and resolution. The students can also narrate their story and animate their characters. This particular app has set parameters to ensure that the students will stay on task and keep their story on track. This app is completely user friendly allowing even the most reluctant student to complete a story with success. Students will love to see their final project as the present their stories to the other students in their classroom over the Smartboard. The best part of this project is that the students will be so engaged in what they are doing they will forget that they are actually learning the elements of a story. When students enjoy what they are learning it becomes more meaningful to them. Learning the elements of a story aids students in reading comprehension. It also helps them begin to appreciate different types of stories. The project is designed to teach the elements of a story to first grade students in order to introduce them to a love of reading and writing at a young age. Over the course of the next few months, each first grade classroom will be put into small groups where they will conference with either their teacher or media specialist to create a story. Then once stories are completed they will use the Toontastic app to create their story arc. The app requires students to have each element of a story in order to complete the project. Students will create settings and characters as well as narrate their stories. Once the final project is complete each group will share their story with the other peers in their classroom. The use of the iPad and the Toontastic story app will create a deeper understanding of stories for students as well as encourage them to begin writing their own stories. This project is geared for first grade but can be used across grade levels and curriculum areas to encourage writing and storytelling. 2. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Project Objective #1: To provide students with opportunities to enhance and extend reading literacy, writing, and storytelling abilities while increasing their understanding of different types of technology and media. Common Core Standards: CC1RL2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding or their central message or lesson. CC1RL3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. CC1RL6: Identify who is telling a story at various points in a text. CC1RL7: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting or events CC5RL5: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama or poem. CC5RIT2: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. CC1W3: Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure. CC1W5: With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed. CC1W8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. CC1SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

CC1SL2: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally through other media. CC1SL4: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. CC1SL5: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Schoolss Improvement Plan Objective: Maximize the achievement of all students regardless of ability or socioeconomic status. To meet the goal of 75% of students making one years growth on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) in reading, language, and math. To meet or exceed the Georgia CCRPI performance targets for reading, math, ELA, science, and social studies for ALL STUDENTS. Project Objective #2: To facilitate students use of technology in reading instruction and related activities, regardless of socioeconomic status or disability. Common Core Standards: CC1RL2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding or their central message or lesson. CC1RL3: Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details. CC1RL6: Identify who is telling a story at various points in a text. CC1RL7: Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting or events CC5RL5: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama or poem. CC5RIT2: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. CC1W3: Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure. CC1W5: With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed. CC1W8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. CC1SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. CC1SL2: Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally through other media. CC1SL4: Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. CC1SL5: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Schools Improvement Plan Objective: Maximize the achievement of all students regardless of ability or socioeconomic status. To meet the goal of 75% of students making one years growth on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) in reading, language, and math. To meet or exceed the Georgia CCRPI performance targets for reading, math, ELA, science, and social studies for ALL STUDENTS.
3. TARGET POPULATION ***The target population is approximately 100 first grade students including English Language Learners, gifted students, and students with IEPs.

4. PROJECT DESIGN

December 2012- researched different apps to use for teaching story writing to first grade students. December 2012- researched cost and benefits of iPads in a classroom/small group setting. January 2013- complete and submit grant February 2013- order iPads to begin teaching reading literacy/story writing lessons. Also, plan collaborative meetings with first grade teachers. March-April 2013- using iPads, students in first grade will develop, write, illustrate, narrate, and present their stories to their fellow peers.

5. RESULTS AND EVALUATION ***Success for this project can be measured on many different evaluation instruments that include STAR test results, MAP cores in reading, and CRCT scores in reading. Teachers will also collect anecdotal evidence when having small group instruction. Teachers and media specialist will conference with students to aid them in the writing process. Teachers will collaborate over the grade levels to determine the effectiveness of this project in other grade and curriculum areas. 6. PROJECT BUDGET Two Wi-Fi iPad 2 16G and accessories will be purchased with the mini-grant funding. Item: Apple iPad 2 16G iPad Case and Keyboard VGA Adaptor (to allow iPad to be viewed on Smartoboard) iPad Screen Protector (shipping for screen protectors) Money for extra educational apps Total 7. COLLABORATION The media specialist and first grade teachers will collaborate to create age appropriate writing lessons for this project. These collaborative first grade lessons will allow students and teachers to have access to iPads and available educational writing apps. Teachers will also allow time in their classroom for groups to meet and discuss their stories. Classes will meet back in the media center to conference with adults and better expand their writing. 8. DISSEMINATION AND EXPANSION This will be shared with other media specialists in county wide meetings. Other teachers in different grade levels will be shown how this lesson was successful and how it can be used across grade levels and curriculums. The grant will also be shared in our school Focus article. This project could also be shared at the county Technology Fair. Quantity: 2 2 1 2 Cost: $399 $65 $33 $9.99 $7.29 $11.73 Total: $798 $130 $33 $19.98 $7.29 $11.73 $1000.00