Reading First EHC

September Academies in Grayson and Carroll

2006-09-17T09:15:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

This photo of Academy instructor Sonia Truit in her Kindergarten Academy at the Independence Middle School is one of a set that is on line for the Academies in progress in Grayson County and Carroll County. Click on the photo for a larger image and to see the set!

We are looking forward to the coming weekend, when we will be in Galax and Independence again for the concluding days of this Reading Academy event.

See everyone on Friday!

First Grade at EHC Summer Academy

2006-08-07T12:34:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

Group photos of the Emory & Henry Academy July 31-August 3 are here!

Tazewell School District sponsors

2006-08-07T07:11:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

Thanks to everyone for a great event at Tazewell! A few of the photos are on line, including one of each grade level as a group. I have other photos to post, and will put them up as I have time. Click on the photo to go to the page with additional images!

Registration for Tazewell County participants

2006-07-14T08:02:00.000-07:00

The Registration site for Reading First has a registration area open now for all Tazewell County participants for the event at SVCC in Richlands July 24-27.

Formal registration on this site insures that you are in the state's record of teachers who have completed Teacher Reading Academies, so it is important and necessary. When you get to the site, the first step in registration is to click the word "register," which appears in blue in the sentence at the top of the page just under the button bar.

Those of you who are not able to get registered will need to complete registration on the first day of the Academy during breaks or lunch, or after the last session. If you can get your registration done on the Reading First site before Monday, you will save your lunch and break time on the 24th!. Call me or the help number on the site if you are trying to register and can't get your registration to go through.

See you all on the 24th!

Bedrock Inn

2006-07-11T17:26:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

This is the front gate and garden of the Bedrock Inn where some of us will be staying during the Tazewell County Reading Academies, beginning July 24.

Participants at the Academies, remember to bring these materials with you:

Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade Academy participants need to bring the Teacher Edition of their Reading Program.
Third Grade Academy participants need to bring the Teacher Edition of their Reading Program and also bring either a Teacher Edition Social Studies or a Teacher Edition Science book as well.

I am looking forward to seeing you soon!

So much to do, so little time!

2006-06-20T10:48:00.000-07:00

Our Reading First Teacher Reading Academies will take place at Emory & Henry this summer Monday July 31st through Thursday August 3rd.

At the 2006 Emory & Henry event, we will be doing much the same things we did last year, so take a glance back through earlier posts for information. A few little things will change, but our classes will be in the same building and using the same rooms except for the smallest one we used last year. It was a bit too small for our group, so we found another room on the second floor to use instead. We will be eating lunch in the EHC cafeteria again, and enjoying refreshments in the lobby of MS Hall at break times.

Remember that the Highlands Festival is going to be taking place at the same time as our EHC event, so if you want to spend the night(s), be looking at motels and B&B in the area. As time draws closer, we will have more specific information for you.

I am keeping a waiting list at the office (276-944-6218) for those who are going to the registration page and finding the sections closed. Call me if you want to be on the waiting list!

Academies at Rose Hill

2006-02-13T12:50:00.000-08:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

In addition to meeting the great people in Lee County at the Academies in Rose Hill, the EHC group got to stay at the Olde Mill Inn bed and breakfast! We also enjoyed eating at Tazewell's Old Town Grill and at Cumberland Gap's Webb's Country Kitchen.

Lee County Reading Academies

2006-02-11T17:40:00.000-08:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

In this photograph Dr. Ron Diss, the instructor for Second Grade, listens with the group while two of his students present their project.

Click on the photograph to go to the Lee County photograph page!

You are welcome to add comments to either the blog entry (click "comments" below) or to the individual photographs, but please remember that your comments are public! I do not identify people by name in the photographs, but you are welcome to add your own names as comments.

We had a great time in Rose Hill! Thank you to the principal of Rose Hill Elementary, Lynn Metcalfe, for her hospitality and help in making the Lee County Teacher Reading Academies a success. You will see indications in the photographs of the wonderful classrooms we were permitted to use and the refreshments that we enjoyed. Lynn is present in a few of the photographs, and if I remember correctly, she is in the first grade group photo. A large part of the credit for a successful event goes to her for her support and cheerful participation at every turn, and to her staff and faculty.

Not all of the photographs are tagged for grade level, but this is a work in progress. If you see that your photograph is missing a tag, leave a comment or send e-mail!

Reading Academies in Lee County

2006-02-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

Our Reading First Teacher Reading Academies in Lee County are taking place at Rose Hill Elementary School in Rose Hill, Virginia, on January 20-21 and February 10-11, 2006. This photograph shows the Kindergarten group on January 21.

Photos from August, 2005

2006-02-01T19:08:00.000-08:00

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Originally uploaded by Sarah at EHC.

Dr. Janet Crickmer and her assistant in the first grade Academy. Click this photo to see a larger image and to go to the web page with other photographs.

The Morning After

2005-08-05T08:28:00.000-07:00

If you can imagine, I am here all by myself this morning with no munchies nor any of your pleasant greetings! I have stowed away the signs and tied up most of the loose ends, at least those that might unravel.

Most of your instructors were still hanging about at 5:30 p.m. yesterday when I left, comparing notes, looking at evaluations, and talking about what a great time they had with you during the four days you spent with us. Dr. Crickmer took home with her the many digital photographs that Jessie Spence made of your activities on the last day, and when these are available I will make a final post to this website with a link that you can use to see and download photographs.

My thanks again to each of you. I enjoyed working with you, and I wish to invite you to participate in other Emory & Henry events, especially the Annual Education Forum. Our Forum this year will be April 11, 2006.

Check back for the photos!

Directions to Campus and to the Academies

2005-07-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

The Reading First Academies will be on the first and third floors of McGlothlin-Street Hall on the Emory & Henry campus.

From Interstate 81, take Virginia Exit 26 and follow the signs to Emory & Henry, about a mile, on the right. Drive through the gate. You will be on Garnand Avenue. There is a street sign, and we will have a sign for the Academies. As you drive up the hill, McGlothlin-Street Hall is the large building on the right with the tall white columns. Parking is behind the building, so continue on around the end of the building into the parking area.

There are two entrances to McGlothlin-Street Hall on the side near the parking area, one of which (follow the curb cut from the handicap parking spaces)is an accessible (automatic) door that will open when you push the control near the door. The automatic door comes in on the second floor. When you enter, turn immediately to your right and you will find the elevator on your right. Take the elevator down to the first floor and go left after exiting the elevator for the opening session in room 102.

If you have a question or comment, please get in touch!

Daily Schedule

2005-07-09T15:00:00.000-07:00

There may be slight modifications to this schedule during the sessions, but this is the plan for daily activities:

All activities are in McGlothlin-Street Hall except lunch, which is in the Van Dyke Center. Room numbers below refer to rooms in McGlothlin-Street Hall. Classsrooms for grade levels will be announced at the opening session.

Morning refreshments and lunch will be by Sodexho, the EHC food services contractor. Afternoon refreshments will be by Emory Crossings Deli.

Opening Day
- 8:30-9:00 Continental breakfast, first floor lobby
- 9:00 -9:30 Opening session, Room 102
- 9:30-9:50 Pick up materials in Room 323 and check in with Instructors in assigned classrooms
- 10:00 -12:00 Class
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch in the Van Dyke Center cafeteria
- 1:00-2:30 Class
- 2:30-2:50 Afternoon refreshment break, third floor lobby
- 2:50-4:00 Class
Days 2, 3, and 4
- 8:30-9:00 Continental breakfast, third floor lobby
- 9:00 -10:00 Class
- 10:00-10:10 Morning stretch break
- 10:10 -12:00 Class
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch in the Van Dyke Center cafeteria
- 1:00-2:30 Class
- 2:30-2:50 Afternoon refreshment break, third floor lobby
- 2:50-4:00 Class

Be sure you bring the right materials!

2005-06-23T13:52:00.000-07:00

I have changed the entry below regarding what to bring with you. For those who are keeping up day by day and might not read that entry again, please note the changed information. Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade Academy participants need to bring the Teacher Edition of their Reading Program. Third Grade Academy participants need to bring the Teacher Edition of their Reading Program and also bring either a Teacher Edition Social Studies or a Teacher Edition Science book as well!

Places to stay in Emory/Abingdon

2005-06-23T06:30:00.000-07:00

For participants traveling from outside the region, lodging accommodations are available, mostly in Abingdon, which is south of Emory at Exits 19, 17, and 14 from I-81.

Clarification on what to bring with you

2005-06-20T21:40:00.000-07:00

We have just received an update on what participants need to bring to the academies:

Participants in K-2 need to bring Teacher Editions of their Reading program (one volume)

Participants in Grade 3 will need to bring Teacher Editions of their Reading program (one volume), and in addition will need one Teacher Edition of either Social Studies or Science (one volume)

Contact Information

2005-06-13T13:17:00.000-07:00

Outreach Program Services at Virginia Tech, telephone (540) 231-5182

At Emory & Henry:

Dr. Janet Crickmer, Director, is your summer telephone contact. If you leave a message, she will return your call. You can send e-mail to jcrickmer at ehc.edu, telephone (276) 944-6658, or FAX to (276)-944-6880

Ms. Sarah Williams, Coordinator, will be responding to e-mail and to your comments on this blog. You can send e-mail to swilliams at ehc.edu. Please begin the subject line of your message with the word “Participant.”

Welcome to Emory & Henry's Reading First Academies 2005!

2005-06-13T11:14:00.000-07:00

This web log is for Reading First Teacher Reading Academy Participants during the summer of 2005. You will find information here on the event as well as responses to your comments. You are welcome to leave comments, and I will check the log each day and try to keep up with your questions!

Your instructors and I are all looking forward to seeing each of you at this exciting event that will be rich with excellent resources and ideas that you can use in your classroom.

Please remember to bring with you to the Academy your teacher's editions of the texts you use in reading, social studies, and science classes as well as the Teacher’s Edition of your reading program and your favorite narrative and expository children’s books. These books will be used in activities and exercises during the Academy. Other classroom supplies will be provided for you.

You will be attending the Academy on the campus of Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. Emory is located at Exit 26 on Interstate 81. From the exit, follow the signs to Emory & Henry College.

Registration and attendance really costs a lot, but it is free to participants thanks to grant funding! That means it won't cost you anything to attend.

Each morning there will be a continental breakfast buffet in the Academy area (fruit, coffee, tea, muffins, etc.). Lunch will be provided in the college dining hall, and light refreshments will be served in the afternoon.

If you are coming from outside the region and wish to reserve a place to stay, please do so quickly. The Virginia Highlands Festival is in Abingdon during your stay, and rooms will fill up quickly. Abingdon, at exits 14-19 on I 81, about five to ten minutes from the college, has many accommodations.

The Virginia Highlands Festival which will be making your hotel rooms scarce includes an array of entertainment and educational activities: presentations by Barter Theatre, arts and crafts exhibits, lectures, antique shows, street exhibitions and performances, and fun in Abingdon. Plan to enjoy the Highlands Festival with us!

I am looking forward to meeting each of you and having a great first week in August!