Case Studies
Polk Pioneers are Readers
The goal at Polk Elementary in Central Unified is to have every kindergarten student reading at grade level by the end of the school year.
The T-shirts purchased through the Innovation grant incorporate school spirit and encourage students to work toward grade level reading goals. Students who can read all fifty sight words were awarded a T-Shirt in Polk school colors that show twenty five benchmark words on the front and twenty five words on the back. On the front it says "Polk Pioneers are Readers."
The goal at Polk Elementary in Central Unified is to have every kindergarten student reading at grade level by the end of the school year.
The T-shirts purchased through the Innovation grant incorporate school spirit and encourage students to work toward grade level reading goals. Students who can read all fifty sight words were awarded a T-Shirt in Polk school colors that show twenty five benchmark words on the front and twenty five words on the back. On the front it says "Polk Pioneers are Readers."
Kindergarten students at Polk Elementary strive to become good readers by learning to read the fifty benchmard sightwords. In the 2012-2013 school year, 106 Kindergarten students have met the challenge.