Read to Rise (R2R)
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R2R Green Space Start-Up
Excitement and curiouslty abound in a R2R Classroom
Read to Rise (R2R)
&
R2R Green Space Start Up
The Read to Rise ((R2R) process provides the opportunity for students to participate in an interactive knowledge building process that raises students and their families environmental awareness, validates their environmental experiences, and creates a community platform for their perspectives and solutions to be heard.
R2R Green Space strategy is based on knowledge building methodology which draws on the current experiences and builds upon what children and their families already experience in their communities.
Start Up workshops will introduce participants to R2R student-centered instruction and provide learning materials to replicate R2R programs in schools and in other learning environments.
R2R tools will include learning charts, teacher companion guides, student-centered strategy guide on how to create a literature-rich classroom environments. Methods of collaborative writing with students to develop culturally relevant children’s books will be shared by local and international authors, including Bridge Foundation staff and consultants.
R2R Green Space Start up workshops will provide modules and curricula to create a school - community knowledge building environmental program. Trainings will be conducted by experienced educators, and environmental & sustainable development consultants.
R2R Phases
Phase 1: Bocas
Bocas is themed specifically to introduce students to local and Caribbean literature and authors.
Phase 2: Green Space
Green Space learning phase is geared towards the cultivation and promotion of environmental awareness to students.
Phase III: Science Wonder
The Science Wonder phase transposes students through vast imagination to real Life experiences. The science wonder books are used to create an excitable balance of what is impossible to possible while fundamentally introducing the building blocks and corner stone of science and mathematics.
Key Features of R2R Program
Book Placement
Book Rotation & Exchange
Shared Reading
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Journal & Writing Workshops with Creative Visualization
Children’s Book Development
Living Green Action Projects
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Role Modeling & Creative Mentorship
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Teacher Knowledge Building & Student Centered Training
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Family Involvement
Community & Institutional Partnerships
Children Book Development
Introduce teachers and volunteers interested in R2R story - baok development process which integrates student’s ideas, experiences along with their families and community.
Children book workshops can be arranged with local and international authors.
R2R Green Space program is powerful environmental advocacy strategy using children’s books as
“as community building tools” to engage children and their parents about the environment and to develop practical strategies with their families to improve their environment where they live.
Anthea McLaughlin
CEO
Bridge Foundation
