Running to Achieve

March 22^nd, 2012
Article: Running to Achieve

This article starts off by talking about a woman who enjoyed running and ran throughout her school years. During her doctoral studies she developed a fitness program that involved running a literacy. She developed this program due to the high obesity and low literacy rates in Alabama. I think that this program is great. It is such a good idea. Not only does it help with fitness as well as literacy, but it also helps the students form bonds with their teachers. It helps with student to teacher connections which makes for a better, stronger and more positive school. I saw that the article mentioned modeling. Which is something we have been talking about in class. I think that this program should be implemented in other schools as well because it seems to have many benefits and a positive outcome. I know that sometimes it is harder for PE teacher to think of how they can incorporate literacy in there classroom. What better way than this. Not to mention they are also getting other teachers involved as well which helps spread the idea of literacy in different content area and how you can creatively and successfully incorporate it into your classroom. This is the first steps to bigger literacy programs.
The reading strategy I used while reading this article was making connections.

　

Citations

The University of Alabama. (2010) “Running to Achieve’ Program Combines Fitness, Literacy” Retrieved from http://dialog.ua.edu/2010/10/running-to-achieve- program-combines-fitness-literacy/