GLMA Grant Information
2010 GLMA Mable Wyche Underwood Grant doc | pdf
Application deadline
is May 15, 2010
2010 GLMA Mable Wyche Underwood Grant Winners
Schoolyard Wildlife Habitat
Linda Johns
Milford Elementary School
Marietta, GA
Students will use research skills to turn a neglected green space into a schoolyard wildlife habitat. Students will identify plants, structures and habitats currently in place as well as those needed. They will research GPS-related topics such as life cycles, food cycles, biodiversity, migration and potential threats to wildlife. Funds will be used to purchase related books and supplies for creating a great outdoor space to be used in a variety of lessons.
Join the K.L.U.B. (Kids Loving and Understanding Books)—A Middle School Reading Incentive Program
Janell McClure
Palmer Middle School
Kennesaw, GA
Middle School students will earn membership in the K.L.U.B. by reading at least two books and writing summaries for each. The more books students read, the higher their membership level and the more incentives they receive. This allows all students, regardless of reading ability or grade level, to advance in their reading and writing skills. The grant will be used to supplement not only prizes and rewards, but additional resources and technology.
Got Game? Alluring the non-reader to investigate the media center while earning your street cred
Laurie Griffin
Maggie Califf Learning Complex
Gray, GA
The Media Specialist and the GAMA Club at this 9th Grade Academy and Alternative School will utilize a video gaming system to develop a reader's advisory program and to encourage more patron check-out of materials. By using game choices to do reader's advisory, the media specialist will gain a better sense of what students like and validate their choices while earning her street cred. Monies will be used to purchase needed technology as well as books on gaming and to establish a graphic novel collection.
2009 GLMA Mable Wyche Underwood Grant Winners
Poem in My Pocket
Patricia O’Connor of Peachcrest Elementary in Decatur, Georgia will promote the genre of poetry through monthly collaboration with teachers and a special celebration of National Poetry Month. Her grant will be used to update and increase the poetry collection and to institute a Poem in My Pocket project that will encourage students to become more proficient and enthusiastic readers.
Driven to Read
Cheryl Goff of Kendrick Middle School in Jonesboro, Georgia will provide incentives as her students are Driven to Read while completing the required 25 Book Campaign. Incentives, including bookmarks, pencils, and postcards to parents, will be awarded at target intervals. Using a race track theme, a school-wide display in the cafeteria will provide additional student recognition.
Encouraging Literacy Through Listening
Dr. Melissa Allen of Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia will incorporate reading and technology standards as Reading Club members create booktalk podcasts to promote the 2009-2010 Georgia Peach Award nominees and other quality titles. Podcasts will be accessible via the school’s website. MP3 players will be purchased giving students a hands-on opportunity to achieve the state required learning outcomes.
2008 GLMA Mable Wyche Underwood Grant Winners
West Town Elementary School’s NASA SEMMA Program
Marie Salter of West Town Elementary School in Albany, Georgia will use her grant to increase and update the media center’s print and nonprint collection in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. West Town currently serves as a site for the NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA.)
Readers of Distinction
Janice Mock of Montgomery County Middle-High School in Mount Vernon, GA will establish a Book Award Scholars program for middle school students who read award-winning books. After reading ten or more books from award lists such as Newbery, Coretta Scott King, and Georgia Children’s Book Award, students’ names will be placed on perpetual plaques displayed in the Library Media Center.
The Use of Graphic Novels with English Language Learners: An Action Research Plan
Susan Hawk and Lynn Walley of Dunwoody High School in Dunwoody, Georgia will collaborate with English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers to utilize graphic novels in improving the language skills of students in the English Language Learners program. Novels will be chosen based on their Lexile level and to provide graphic novel versions of required reading.
2007 GLMA
Grant Winners
IPoding the Georgia Book Award Nominees
Jenny Holloman, from Redan Middle School in DeKalb County, will work with Book Club members to read, develop and produce presentations based on the Georgia Book Award nominees. Presentations will consist of song, speech, and other creative means and then will be recorded and uploaded to a Video Ipod. The finished product, a compilation of all twenty books, will be available to the entire school via the Ipods. Presentations will also be highlighted on the school’s morning announcements.
Bird Viewing in the Media Center
Gwen Bailey, from Cleveland Road Elementary School in Clarke County, will establish a bird viewing area which will include binoculars, bird identification books, bird identification software, data logs, sketch books and an “I Wonder Box.” The viewing area will be decorated with pillows to encourage pleasure reading, bird mobiles, bird photos, and bird book baskets. The area will be a starting point for teaching a variety of science concepts and research skills in K-5th grades.
Garden for Special Education
Anne Prichard, from Sandersville Elementary School in Washington County, will use grant funds to support a 5th Grade Special Education Class’ interest in gardening. The school has a garden and is also a nation-wide test site for a professional iris farm. The students are devoted gardeners and need reading materials on their level. Multiple copies of applicable titles will support students’ interests and also teach reading skills through literature circles.
GLMA
Grants Awarded for the 2006-2007 school year:
The following library media specialists have been awarded GLMA mini grants for
the 2006-2007 school year. The GLMA grants are awarded each year to assist media
specialists in having an exemplary media program in their school:
Rebecca
Tate
Kelley Lake Elementary School
Decatur, GA
Using the book Plant a Rainbow, Rebecca will work collaboratively with
a 5 th grade science teacher to create a colorful perennial garden for every
season to attract butterflies. Their goal is to become a registered Monarch
Waystation using children’s literature as springboards for their gardening
activities with the students. The students will be involved in preparing the
soil, planting, measuring growth, and observing the path of the sun as well
as the butterflies and animals observed in the garden.
Kristine
Woods
Teasley Middle School
Canton, GA
Her grant will
utilize the book, The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate
RIF’s 40th Anniversary, to explore what motivates someone
to read and create new ideas. Each week a different illustrator from
the book will be highlighted along with the picture books or novels
that inspired and motivated the illustrators. The goal of this project
is to expose students to the books the illustrators found inspiring
as role models for reading motivation. This year long project uses
art combined with literature to inspire students to look at reading
from a different perspective.
Kathleen
Disney
Druid Hills High School
Atlanta, GA
Working with the
art, English, and special education classes, Kathleen will use her
grant to purchase graphic novels that appeal to reluctant readers.
A nationally known graphic novel artist will spend time at her school
talking about his own reading problems in school and how reading
graphic novels helped him to overcome his learning disability. He
will also spend time talking to the art students about his career
as a graphic novel artist. The art department will create posters
to hang throughout the school highlighting the graphic novels.
