AWARD is a comprehensive program for teaching and assessing literacy with a 21st-century perspective.
AWARD Reading is based on current scientific evidence-based literacy research and best practices and meets the requirements of NCLB and Reading First.
Technology—AWARD integrates technology into shared learning experiences and small group and independent literacy learning tasks each day to motivate and engage 21st-century children as they learn to read, write, and think their way through print.
Seasons is a theme-based interactive whiteboard lesson designed to support and extend learning from an AWARD Reading Grade 1 text: Bear Cubs. The lesson content that refers to “Amityville” can be altered by the teacher to reflect the real location of the children.
If you don't have access to either Smartboard or Promethean software, you can view this activity by downloading a free viewer. The viewer allows limited access to features but will give you a good idea of the possibilities of an AWARD lesson on an interactive whiteboard.
AWARD Assessment is an integral part of the classroom learning environment.
In AWARD, children’s literacy performance is assessed using print, observations, and computer-assisted assessment to gather and monitor information about children’s literacy knowledge and to demonstrate that knowledge as it progresses throughout the Grade 1 year.
Teachers are encouraged to accumulate multiple pieces of evidence collected over time using similar assessment procedures..
AWARD Assessment is an integral part of the classroom learning environment.
