During the 2007-2008 school year, Mrs. Selby received a grant of money to purchase MP3 players and books on compact discs to distribute to the 7th grade students at Griffin. The project goal was to improve the reading comprehension, fluency and auditory processing speed of the students. It would allow the students and perhaps their families to hear English words clearly spoken as they were able to follow along in the books.
Students checked out an MP3 player with one novel recorded on it. When they finished the story, they wrote a book report on it and returned the player for a new story. Some of the books they enjoyed were Esperanza Rising, Holes, Maniac Magee, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Stuart Little, The Skirt, Taking Sides, and others.
The 7th grade students this year are looking forward to the start up of this program again this year.
