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IDA-GA Funds Advanced Training

Thank you IDA Georgia! Thanks to a generous grant from IDA Georgia, REAP is providing 160 public school teachers with advanced training in Structured Literacy to better support at-risk students. REAP will provide REAP-trained teachers with extra tools to boost reading skills in economically disadvantaged students, English language learners, and those with dyslexia and other learning challenges. These trained teachers are already making gains with ALL their students and this advanced training will give them even better ways to support at-risk students.

1. Phonological Awareness Workshops
This workshop is valuable for Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers.

2. Word and World Knowledge Vocabulary Modules
All students need explicit vocabulary instruction. It’s absolutely critical that second-language students and economically disadvantaged students get the word and world knowledge necessary to catch up to their peers.

3. Morphology Workshop for 3rd-6th grade teachers
This training is important for teachers in grades 3-6 who are limited in the amount of time they can spend on reading instruction.

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Our 2019 concert was a huge success!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Our 2019 Guilty Pleasures concert fundraiser was a HUGE success! Thanks to our sponsors, party-goers and the Tiger Kings, we raised $22,000 to fund REAP teacher training so that public school teachers can help all children become strong readers and successful students.

Who will the money help?

The bulk of the concert proceeds will support the REAP summer reading camp. Our annual summer reading camps enable teachers to build advanced literacy skills as they work closely with groups of struggling readers who benefit from intensive reading instruction in a fun summer camp.

Want to learn more about REAP summer camp?  https://vimeo.com/296483085

REAP team at the 2019 Guilty Pleasures concert

Thanks to our sponsors!

Special thanks goes to our event sponsors for their generous donations to support literacy.

Lead Singer Presenting Sponsor: Office of Design

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Biggest Fans Sponsor: Stability Engineering

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Ultimate Roadies Sponsors:

The Marrah Family

Family Sponsors

The Bailey Family | The Kennedy Family

The Band: The Tiger Kings

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Food & Drinks

And thanks to our food & drink sponsors, Oakhurst Market and Universal Joint. These Decatur businesses donated a percentage of the food and beverages for the event.

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Get your REAP gear now on CafePress

Just in time for gift giving, REAP now has its very own shop on CafePress. We have a variety of items in five fun, colorful designs to celebrate our Train | Teach | Read campaign. The shop features something for everybody:

  • Mugs, travel mugs and shopping/tote bags
  • Shirts for women, men, teens and kids
  • Mousepads, magnets and stickers

REAP CafePress items

So buy some cool stuff and support REAP at the same time! The profits from every purchase go to support our teacher training programs.

Visit the REAP Swag Shop: www.cafepress.com/readingisessential

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REAP featured in 11 Alive story about APS Burgess-Peterson Academy

Flashback to 2016 and the 11Alive news story about REAP’s work at Atlanta Public School Burgess-Peterson Academy. Jennifer Leslie with WXIA-TV shares the story of REAP’s first-ever school-wide teacher training program.

BPA principal David White calls the move a game changer.

“I didn’t learn as a teacher how to teach children specific phonics skills, how to decode words and make sense of letters and sounds,” White told 11Alive’s Jennifer Leslie. “And I’m not alone in that.”

Read the story and check out the video at 11Alive video

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Sponsor our Guilty Pleasures Concert 2019

Help us make a difference in children’s lives by sponsoring our Guilty Pleasures 2019 fundraiser! REAP is offering a variety of sponsorship opportunities that will promote your business and support young struggling readers. We also welcome individual and family sponsors. Want more details? Visit our Guilty Pleasures 2019 event page for more sponsorship info.

Ready to be a sponsor? Click here to order your sponsorship with a credit/debit card | Order your sponsorship with a check.

 

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What Doesn’t Work: Literacy Practices We Should Abandon

“The number one concern that I hear from educators is lack of time, particularly lack of instructional time with students,” says Nell K. Duke, Ed.D., Professor, University of Michigan. “I encourage you to scrutinize your use of instructional time minute by minute. If a practice is used because we’ve always done it that way or because parents expect it, it’s especially worthy of a hard look.” Her article on edutopia.org outlines some familiar practices that can be ineffective or even counter productive:

  • Looking up words on lists
  • Prizes for reading
  • Weekly spelling tests
  • Unsupported independent reading
  • Taking away recess.

Read the article on edutopia.org

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