Year in Review 2005

Curriculum Research & Development Group

Reading aloud is an integral part of the Golden Triangle language arts program developed by the CRDG English section and used in all ULS English classes in grades 6–12. Here, Jim Harstad reads aloud with his eighth grade English class.

CRDG

Research & Curriculum Development | pg.5
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CRDG Part of Bishop Museum Collaboration
Erin Baumgartner is part of a team working on an ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) grant at the Bishop Museum. Erin’s background which combines marine science, education, and museum research, made her ideal for this project. Her role is to develop modules and activities for students in a magnet school focused on environmental and cultural science. The modules will teach content and skills identified by museum researchers as critical to their work. She is currently working on the first two modules on taxonomy and scientific ethics.

Read Aloud Programs
Jim Harstad, of the CRDG English Section, is one of the developers and co-authors of the Golden Triangle language arts materials. In addition to his work in the Laboratory School and in curriculum development, Jim has brought his passion for oral reading into the community as a board member of Read Aloud America. The program, which encourages literacy and greater family participation in the educational process by bringing families together to share in the joy of reading aloud, brings many of the concepts found in the Golden Triangle program to an extracurricular activity designed to bridge the gap between school and home. Serving as a liaison between the theoretical, academic community and the teachers/parents/students at individual public schools, Jim participated in Read Aloud programs at Nānāikapono Elementary, Wai‘anae Elementary, Waipahu Elementary, Waiau Elementary, and Pālolo Elementary in 2005.

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