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Thank you to the outstanding 580+ volunteers who read to 15,553 students in 31 counties across the state. We greatly appreciate your support and participation in the 5th Annual Literacy Project!
- Past Literacy Projects
- About this Year's Book
- Essential Skills/State Standards
- How the Literacy Program Works
- I want to be a Literacy Volunteer
- I would like to have a Literacy Volunteer come to my classroom.
- Volunteer Training Sessions
- Online Training
- Activity Directions
- Volunteer Participation Form
- Successfully Working with Students
- Press Release Share the News!
- View 2013 Literacy Project Kick Off Pictures
- Bonus Lessons and Materials
April 30 is the deadline for requesting literacy presentations for the 2013 project
AITC Literacy Project is sponsored in part by:
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AITC's Literacy Project helps improve both the literacy of Oregon's young readers and their knowledge of agriculture. Who Grew My Soup? is a delightful story about a boy named Phineas who declares he won’t eat his soup until he knows where it came from. To his surprise, a man in a flying tomato balloon shows up to answer this question. Together they fly from farm to farm, learning about the amazing vegetables in his soup and the farmers who grew them.
Each class receives a free copy of the book and each student gets a bookmark.
Essential Skills & State Standards
The hands-on activity that accompanies this year's book is called Give Me Five! This activity meets Oregon Essential Skills 2, 4, 5, 9. It also aligns with Oregon State Standards.
Art Standards: AR.K.CP.01 - AR.4.CP.01; AR.K.CP.02 - AR.4.CP.02
Health Education: HE.K.01–.HE.4.01; HE.K.02 - HE.4.02
How the Project Works
The 2013 AITC Literacy Project begins March 11 and runs through May 31.
* Start to finish, the Literacy Project takes about 45 minutes.
- Literacy volunteers set up times to visit their local schools.
- Volunteers read to students in kindergarten through fourth grade.
- Following the reading, volunteers do an activity with students and share their experiences in agriculture.
All activity materials are completely prepared by AITC, plus classrooms get to keep a copy of the book.
Volunteer Training Session
Planned training sessions will be held at the following events. Specific times/rooms will be posted when made available.
- March 8-9 - Oregon Women for Agriculture State Convention, Salishan
- March 22-25 – State FFA Convention, Corvallis
AITC staff is happy to arrange additional volunteer trainings upon request.
Online Training
Training Videos
Meet Oregon Farmers
- Tony and Chad Stroda – Farmers, Monroe, OR
- Joe Finnegan – Farmer, Cornelius, OR
- Tony and Chad Stroda - Farmers, Monroe, OR
- George and Dan Chin, Potato Farmers, Klamath Falls, OR
- Tony and Chad Stroda - Farmers, Monroe, OR
Literacy Project 2013 - Kick-Off Event, Philomath Elementary School, Philomath OR
- Oregon Bound preformed by Mike Martin and Rita Thomas
- Rhythm activity taught by Mike Martin
- Oregon Can-Can Dance taught by Mike Martin and AITC Staff
Additional Hands on Lessons, Materials and Books to Enhance Your Classroom
Press Release - Share the News!
Click here to download a press release you can send to your local media about the Literacy Project. The editable Word document allows you to add the location and dates volunteers are reading at schools.