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Elementary Education

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Educational Book Published by Two Local Teachers and Librarian

"Personalized Reading: It's A Piece Of Pie" is available online today.

Three Peters Township School District employees have been intriguing students with their PIE (Personal, Independent, Enrichment) reading program for eight years. Now, they seek to spread the word for other educational leaders to follow. Their enrichment supplement, "Personalized Reading: It's A Piece Of PIE," is officially published today. Nancy L. Hobbs and Kristen M. Sacco, third grade teachers at Bower Hill Elementary, and Myra R. Oleynik, Bower Hill Elementary's K-5 library media specialist, were "looking for a way to encourage kids to read more." Their book is an educational guide for teachers to incorporate the PIE program into their daily lesson plans. The PIE program allows students, of differing learning levels, to select what …

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