MANISTEE — Since January, the Michigan Learning Channel has been providing hours of educational programming to the state's young learners.
Now, Manistee residents who tune in to watch "Read, Write, ROAR!" might notice a familiar face on the television screen.
Shannon Fuller, early literacy coach and coaching coordinator with the Manistee Intermediate School District, worked last school year writing episodes for the program. This school year, Fuller has stepped in front of the camera and now serves as a featured teacher on the show.
"It's been a lot of fun to transition from writing the lessons to getting to teach the lessons," Fuller said.
"Read, Write, ROAR!" is an English language arts program for students in kindergarten through third grade. The show is taught by Michigan teachers and literacy coaches and the content in each episode aligns with the state standards and the Michigan Essential Instructional Practices.
Episodes are available online at michiganlearning.org or through an antenna on all Michigan PBS stations.
The Michigan Learning Channel launched as a partnership of the state’s public television stations in collaboration with leading educators and community leaders to deliver instructional content and programming to students, parents and teachers throughout Michigan.
Fuller said it has been exciting to have a hand in educating students throughout the state.
"We've been reaching a lot of kids and we've also been using the lessons to work with teachers," she said.
Last school year, Fuller served as a coach for the first grade team, writing all the episodes. This year the teachers write their own episodes.
"It's a little bit different. I write the episodes that I'm teaching," she said. "They sort of changed the process. I write it and then someone else edits and looks over it. Then I get to teach it."
Each episode of "Read, Write, ROAR!" features two teachers. Fuller and Tracy Zarei-King, a second grade teacher at Kalamazoo Public Schools, make the second grade episodes.
"Mrs. ZK goes first with a phonics lesson and I follow up with a read aloud and/or writing lesson," Fuller said.
Each lesson helps students build literacy skills through word-building lessons, writing exercises, exploring informational text and more.
In her position with the Manistee ISD, Fuller visits local school districts to support reading and writing instruction for kindergarten through the third grade. Superintendent David Cox said it is nice to see Fuller having a positive impact on education all over the state.
"Shannon's role in the Michigan Learning Channel exemplifies how she puts everything into supporting teachers and students alike. Shannon knows that teachers need resources to help them be engaged, but also help them to engage students," Cox said. "Only when both teachers and students are engaged can positive momentum be achieved for sustainable success. The Manistee ISD and local school districts within Manistee ISD are blessed to have Shannon on our team and we are very proud of her."
Fuller films her lessons from the comfort of her own home in her dining room.
"I film it on my phone and then I upload it and it goes to the editor and the producer," she said. "They do the cuts and make it into the TV show."
The episodes of "Read, Write, ROAR!" are designed so the lessons complement what students are learning in school.
"Right now we're finishing up marking period two, which is 16 episodes," Fuller said. "Then we're going to start working on marking period three. We have to do 10 new episodes for that."
Fuller has also been presenting during webinars put on by the Michigan Learning Channel for the state's educators. Teachers from "Read, Write, ROAR!" share lessons that can be used immediately in the classroom. Each session offers the research and literacy best practices behind the lesson and demonstrates how each lesson ties into assessment and helps foster student engagement.
"Teachers across the state sign up for that," Fuller said. "We use parts of our episodes to work with teachers on how they could replicate that in their classrooms."
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