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[|Third Graders Read for Life]
=Work Plan=

=Libraries:=

Lela Alston Elementary School Library
=Participants:=

Pamela Gavina, Teacher-Librarian; Third Grade Students of Alston School; Third Grade Teachers of Alston School
=Community Need & Opportunity:= ===Our students love using technology! They can spend hours on the Internet, yet only spend a few minutes a day reading. Our community is not doing enough to encourage kids to develop a lifelong love of reading.=== ===Our third graders need to continue developing their comprehension skills. Rather than using the computer for games only, they should be encouraged to use blogs as a means express their opinions about literature – whether it’s required reading (from the Scott Foresman adoption or literature circles) or self-selected.=== ===Teens love to blog; however, they are naïve and do not understand how to use communication technologies in a safe manner. Before our kids become teens, they need to learn about Internet safety, including what type of information is or isn’t appropriate to share with strangers.===

=Vision:= ===Kids will have a place to discuss the weekly stories from the reading series, other books they have read, learn what other kids are reading, have access to lists of good books, links to authors’ websites, and other literature related websites to become active, engaged readers.===

Kids will have a safe environment to learn digital literacy skills.
=Goals:=

Kids will increase their reading and develop digital literacy skills.
=Activities:=