Database research record2011·United States (New York)
Cultivating Knowledge In The School Garden: New Ways Of Teaching Literacy To ESL Students
Michele DuRivage
School for International Training Digital Collections (School for International Training)
Urban Farm DB summary
This thesis project developed original garden-based lesson plans to teach literacy to fourth-grade ESL students. A field study conducted during the spring semester of 2009 at Increase Miller Elementary School in Westchester County, New York, showed that using nature as inspiration, students produced imaginative writing pieces, demonstrating growth in their literacy skills.