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2010-2011 OFFER GRANTS AT WORK
Bryan Smith:
Oneonta Elementary Music Program has used the grant awarded Mr. Bryan Smith in producing two wonderful musicals for young voices. The Third grade students musical was “ARF!”. This play was performed with great success November 16th and 17th in the OCS auditorium. The Fifth grade students will be performing a Christmas musical for young voices called “Santa’s Holiday Playlist”. These performances will be December 16th and 17th in the OCS auditorium. Come out and see these children sing, act, and dance to some fabulous Christmas music. Maybe we can make your holiday just a bit more Jolly!
Ashley Allen:
The stereoscopes purchased with the OFFER grant were used most recently in a Geology lab where students were given buckets of material from two different North Carolina fossil sites to search. As they found small fossils, they cleaned them off and observed them with the stereoscopes. The magnification allows them to see tiny details which are important for identifying the specimen. One of the more notable finds was a probable basking shark tooth. Even though the basking shark is the second largest living shark in the ocean, it is a filter feeder and has very tiny teeth with a peculiar shape.
Ramona Brewer:
The overall objective of this project is to better prepare young students for the Science concepts and skills they will encounter in later grades. First Grade focuses on the very basics of Physical, Life, and Earth and Space Sciences. The eleven objectives, ranging from recognizing the properties of objects and the forces that act upon them, to utilizing a proper use and application are all met to some degree in the content of the Steck-Vaughn student books. While the objectives from the Alabama Course of study are met through use of the student books, they are reinforced through hands-on exploration and experimentation using the learning centers and Science games.
Sharron Parker:
Adding Zing and Zany Zeal was a grant received for adding more Reader’s Theatre, plays, and poetry to the literacy centers in my classroom. These engaging activities offer the students fun practice in building fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
Autumn Hyde:
Last year I received an OFFER grant. I used the money to buy a document camera for my classroom. I use the camera every day to project objects like math manipulatives, books and papers. For example, in math we study graphs and tables. Instead of having to draw the graphs and tables on the white board, I just project the math pages that we are studying under the camera for all the students to see. This saves lots of instructional time!
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