ScholarWorks@GVSU

Back to the Future: Looking at Nostalgic Practices to Conceptualize a More Inclusive Literacy Future (Part 1), Rebecca Witte, Darreth Rice
Michigan Reading Journal

The power or words: Increasing student vocabulary acquisition, Kelly M. Tiers
Culminating Experience Projects

Narrowing the Achievement Gap: Culturally Responsive Teaching for African American Students, Haylee Batzer
Culminating Experience Projects

Modern vs. Traditional: Comparing Reading-Level and Strategy-Based Small Groups in Primary Grades, Abigail Tosch, Jenna Andriakos
Michigan Reading Journal

Toward a Theory of an Integrated Theoretical Approach of Literacy for Black Boys, Aaron M. Johnson
Michigan Reading Journal

Case Study of an SEL Coach and Instructional Specialist: Understanding a New Role, Rachelle S. Savitz, Jacy Ippolito
Michigan Reading Journal

Implementing Social Emotional Activities into the English Language Arts Curriculum, Allison M. Sherbel
Masters Theses

Fostering Reading for Enjoyment in Upper Elementary Students By Developing Connections to Reading and Increasing Self-Efficacy, Patrick Ritt
Culminating Experience Projects

Recognizing Grief and Learning to Cope, Jessica Leigh Kerin Lazar
Culminating Experience Projects

Boosting Confidence in Kindergarten Writing: How to Assist Kindergarten Emergent Writers Through Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Phonics and Writing, Amy Martin
Culminating Experience Projects

Interdisciplinary Read Alouds: Building Background Knowledge to Support Learning across Science and Social Studies, Lyndsey Bensel
Michigan Reading Journal

Using Way-In and Stay-In Scientific Picturebooks To Learn About Science and Scientists, William P. Bintz
Michigan Reading Journal

Great Lakes Great Books: Making Classroom Connections, Lynette Suckow
Michigan Reading Journal

Fact Fluency in Precision Teaching Environments, Mary Dieterly
Culminating Experience Projects

Why Not Sign? Classrooms as Sites of d/Deaf and Multilingual Literacy Development, Dawnavyn James, Brianne R. Pitts
Michigan Reading Journal

The Best Way to Learn a Pedagogy is Practice: A Project-based Learning Journey, Kelly C. Margot, Katherine Worden
Michigan Reading Journal

Great Lakes Great Books: Encourage the Joy of Reading, Lynette Marten Suckow
Michigan Reading Journal

Staying “Above the Fray” with Julia B. Lindsey’s Insights on Effective Reading Instruction, Troy Hicks, Emma Chappel, Kirstin Fish, Anne Hosking, Jill Johnston, Jodi Juergens, Georgianna Murray, Lindsay Picarski, Heidi Turchan, Meghan K. Block, Chad Waldron
Michigan Reading Journal

Justifying Juneteenth: A Critical Pairing of Two Children's Texts, Rebecca Witte, Amber Lawson
Michigan Reading Journal

Great Lakes Great Books: Continuing to Learn, Lynette Marten Suckow
Michigan Reading Journal

An Examination of Reading Interventions at the Upper Elementary Level, Bethany VanGessel
Culminating Experience Projects

Professional Learning Communities: A way to Provide General Education Teachers with Strategies to Support Fluency, Meredith Skorupski
Culminating Experience Projects

Developing Teacher Knowledge of the Science of Reading: Phonemic Awareness & Phonics, Megan Erin Dziedzic
Culminating Experience Projects

A Framework for Interdisciplinary Read Aloud Lessons, Lyndsey M. Bensel
Culminating Experience Projects

Orthographic Mapping: a Tool for Success in Reading, Vocabulary Word Knowledge, Meaning, and Self Teaching in the Primary Grades, Lauren Eisnor
Culminating Experience Projects

Creating Effective Parent-Teacher Partnerships to Positively Impact Student Reading, Ashley A. Durack
Culminating Experience Projects

Incorporating Student Physical Movement in the Elementary School Setting, Andrew VanderWal
Culminating Experience Projects

Virtual Literacy Coaching: A Response to Time, Space, and Resources, Kimberly Peters
Michigan Reading Journal

Using Crossover and Traditional Picturebooks to Discuss Emotions, William P. Bintz, Shabnam Moini Chaghervand
Michigan Reading Journal

The Spirit Murdering of Black Kindergarteners by the Lock and Load Literacy Routine, Amber Lawson
Michigan Reading Journal

Teaching with the Genius in Mind: Enacting Literacy as a Civil Right, Katie Glupker, Pam Gower, Angela Knight
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

The Stance, the Text, and the Talk: Three Components of a Critical Race-Oriented Interactive Read Aloud, Rebecca Witte
Michigan Reading Journal

Free to Read: Growing Elementary Students' Literacy in the Summer, Allison M. Nieboer
Michigan Reading Journal

Power of Yet: The Integration of the Culturally Responsive Literature with the Productive Struggle in Mathematics, Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Asli Ozgun-Koca, Kristy Rebar
Michigan Reading Journal

Great Lakes Great Books Go Graphic, Lynette Marten Suckow
Michigan Reading Journal

Re-examining Writer’s Workshop for Emergent Writers in Kindergarten for the Inclusion of Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Taylor C. Randall
Culminating Experience Projects

Expanding Vocabulary with Children's Books, Sara J. Churchill, Kathleen Everts Danielson
Michigan Reading Journal

Missing Pieces and Voices: Steps for Teachers to Engage in Science of Reading Policy and Practice, Kathleen S. Howe, Teddy D. Roop
Michigan Reading Journal

Building Bridges: Culturally Relevant Teaching with Literature Circles and Multicultural Literature, Amber Lawson
Michigan Reading Journal

Using a Ternion of Michigan’s Resources to Support a Symbiotic Family/School Partnership, Darreth R. Rice
Michigan Reading Journal

Strategies for Raising Low Test Scores of Minority Students, Shanika Y. Mcclendon
Masters Theses

Trauma-Informed Care: An Elementary Perspective, Alexandria Hutchison
Culminating Experience Projects

Collaborative Inquiry to Support Critically Reading Children’s Literature, Laurie Rabinowitz, Amy Tondreau
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Teaching Students to Comprehend Cause and Effect Text Structure, Jennifer A. Knight, Angela R. Child
Michigan Reading Journal

A Teacher's Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day, Annie P. Spear
Michigan Reading Journal

Literacy Achievement Gap of Elementary English Learners, Bethany Kamps
Culminating Experience Projects

Reading With Our Heads and Our Hearts to Build Empathy, Heidi Gibbons
Michigan Reading Journal

Assessing Young Children’s Language and Nonverbal Communication in Oral Personal Narratives, Shelley Stagg Peterson, Nazila Eisazadeh, Andrea Liendo
Michigan Reading Journal

Feedback as a Connector in Remote Learning Environments, Heather Rottermond, Laura Gabrion
Michigan Reading Journal

Pizza, Pages, and Family Engagement: A Simple Approach to Family Literacy Night, Jennie Baumann
Michigan Reading Journal

“We Can Do This At Our School!” Place-based Education, Literacy, & Learning, Erica R. Hamilton, Janet Staal, Jessica Vander Ark
Michigan Reading Journal

Examining the Value of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in Cultivating Agency-focused, (Inter)Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy: A Story of One Collaborative International Project for English Learners, Zuzana Tomas, Margita Vojtkulakova, Nikola Lehotska, Marie Schottin
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Let's Read a Story!: Collaborative Meaning Making, Student Engagement, and Vocabulary Building Through the Use of Interactive Read-Alouds, Shaya Helbig, Susan V. Piazza
Michigan Reading Journal

An Educator's Response to Michigan's Stay at Home Order, Kristin M. Scherkenbach
Michigan Reading Journal

From a Distance: Teaching, Learning, and Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Melanie Love
Michigan Reading Journal

Process Drama: A Creative Way To Assess ELA Understanding, Nicole Rausch
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Growing Elementary Education with Curriculum Founded in Place, Sally A. Triant
Culminating Experience Projects

Using Inquiry in Teacher Professional Learning to Build Efficacy for Writing Instruction, Jacqueline B. Koonce, Melissa Brooks-Yip, Kathleen Gibson
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Scholastic Liberation: Schools' Impact on African American Academic Achievement, Aaron M. Johnson
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Why “Correcting” African American Language Speakers is Counterproductive, Alice Lee
Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Of Lizards and Language, Bernadette Gongora
Language Arts Journal of Michigan