Foundation for Allen Schools

Foundation For Allen Schools Funded Classroom Grants at

Reed Elementary

2022-2023 Classroom Grants

Tools 4 Reading!

This grant under English Language Arts (Elementary) & Dyslexia Curriculum was awarded to Erin Wilson-Tan and will benefit 105 students at Reed Elementary.

Tools 4 Reading will provide research-based tools to bridge the gap between the science of teaching reading and classroom practice. The tools can easily support grades K-6 students in their individual phonics skills and needs.

Decoding Detectives: Reed Reads

This grant under English Language Arts (Elementary) & Dyslexia Curriculum was awarded to Lynn Moretti and will benefit 200 students at Reed Elementary.

Decodable books align with phonics concepts so that students see the direct link between phonics instruction and the process of reading.  A grant that provides an expanded collection of decodable books and related instructional materials will support teachers while they apply best practices to develop readers.

Fine Tuning with a STEAM-y Flourish

This grant under English Language Arts (Elementary) & Dyslexia Curriculum was awarded to Mary Interrante and will benefit 60 students at Reed Elementary.

This grant provides for a creative writing and fine motor skills station in the classroom.  We’ve seen many students with underdeveloped dexterity needed for handwriting and ELA work.  This station would allow for games to help with stamina, written communication, cuting, sorting and word work.  Developing fine motor skills and incorporating STEAM design elements and activities to enhance better future writers in all subject areas is the goal.

Sports, Sports, Sports!

This grant under Library / Makerspace Curriculum was awarded to Amy Williams and will benefit 500 students at Reed Elementary.

Sports, Sports, Sports is a grant to enhance and update the sports fiction and nonfiction section of the Reed Elementary library.  It provides engaging, up-to-date texts for students and staff that are currently not available in our school library. These resources will be updated and in line with current standards.

Kodaly Training for Elementary Music Teachers

This grant under Fine Arts Curriculum was awarded to Jeff Turner and will benefit 10,000 students across all AISD Elementary Schools.

Two Allen ISD elementary music teachers will attend 3 weeks of intensive Kodaly training at SMU. The strategies, techniques, and resources from this training will be an incredible asset to the teacher to better deliver the elementary music curriculum and will be shared with all our elementary educators across AISD.

ALLen Reads 2022

This grant under Library / Makerspace Curriculum was awarded to Kelly Clewell and will benefit 20,000 students across AISD and benefits every campus in Allen. 

ALLen Reads encourages the entire Allen community to read the same book or the grade-level appropriate companion book. The grant provides copies of the selected books to all campuses in Allen ISD, and the students have access to community events related to the books, such as author and illustrator speakers, writing presentations, and musical performances.

Math by the Book

This grant under Math - Elementary Curriculum was awarded to Michelle Stewart and Katie Snider and will benefit 2,898 students in Kindergarten and 1^st grade at EVERY Allen ISD elementary campus.

This grant will provide read aloud sets of books that link literary and math skills.   We know many students love stories but may have a fear of math or even math anxiety.  Students are able to connect concepts to context providing an increased level of engagement and retention. Stories bring math to life!   House Bill 3 puts a focus on early literacy and math skills. This resource would be helpful in integrating math and literacy in the early grade levels. An integrated experience creates deeper learning connections for students. Science and Social Studies have already embedded read alouds for K- 3 curriculum documents and this grant will support integration in math as well.

BRAINball

This grant under Physical Education Curriculum was awarded to Geoben Johnson and Katie Snider and will benefit 16,500 students across Allen ISD in grades K – 9^th.

BRAINball is an innovative and unique physical education learning system that merges physical activity and academic learning through play. In addition to the physical benefits, significant improvement will be seen in gross and fine motor skills, cooperative and cognitive learning.  Brainball has proven to produce positive changes in letter recognition,  students read better, improve mathematical skills, movement and writing skills. Research also shows positive changes in graphomotor skills, eye-hand coordination, and temporal-spatial orientation improvement when used on a consistent basis. The Brainball set includes 100 premade games/activities for K-6 that can be adapted for grades 7-9. Training will be provided to allow easy integration into district curriculum and to academic classroom teachers that want to use it for enhancing learning in their class. The brainball set is appropriate for Kindergarten through High School and can be adapted for students with special needs and learning deficits.

I Can See Clearly Now!

This grant under Special Education Curriculum was awarded to Patricia Reyna, Sherri Idbeis, Karen McCrary and Colleen Dunphy and will benefit 45 students across Allen ISD who have a visual impairment.

Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments serve students throughout the district and provide consult and direct instruction for teachers and students with blindness or visual impairments. An iPad Pro is a tool that makes accessing learning material possible for students that struggle with seeing on a regular iPad screen. An iPad Pro also serves as an evaluation tool for TSVI's and our Orientation and Mobility instructor in the district.

ByrdseedTV

This grant under Advanced Academics - AP/IB/GT Curriculum was awarded to Kari Lockhart and will benefit 1,474 students that are in our GT programs in years K-6.

ByrdseedTV provides gifted and talented teachers and learners with resources that foster deep and complex learning. Activities from Byrdseed are designed and used by a teacher of gifted students, and facilitate critical and creative thinking, inductive and deductive thinking skills, as well as encourage creative individual investigations.

2021-2022 Classroom Grants

Non-Fiction Know-How

This grant under English Language Arts (Elementary) & Dyslexia Curriculum was awarded to Amy Williams and will benefit 500 students at Reed.

Non-Fiction Know-How is a grant to enhance and update the non-fiction section of Reed Elementary. It provides engaging, up-to-date non-fiction books for students and staff that are currently not available in our school library. These resources will be updated and in line with current standards.

Getting to know the world's greatest artists

This grant under Fine Arts Curriculum was awarded to Brandye Barron and will benefit 625 students at Reed.

Reed elementary K-6 art peeps are "exploring and getting to know the world's greatest artists." Thank you so much to the Allen Grant Foundation for providing us with this amazing opportunity!!!!

Weather or Not!

This grant under Science/STEAM Curriculum was awarded to Christi Stinchcomb and will benefit 400 students at Reed.

Weather or Not: Weather or Not provides elementary students with hands-on experiences with weather tools, maps and materials. From making predictions about weather to comparing temperature on a daily basis, students learn best when they experience science first hand.

What's Hatching?

This grant under Science/STEAM Curriculum was awarded to Morgan Ross and will benefit 500 students at Reed.

Students will observe chicken eggs in an incubator and then experience the hatching process in their own classroom! Students will get to see the life cycle of a chicken happen right before their eyes!