Literacy Sponsors Beyond the Classroom (6) by Beth Pearsall https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek Make a list of literacy sponsors from your life. Make sure they are sponsors beyond the people who have been in your classrooms (teachers, etc.). What organizations, events, traditions, etc have acted as literacy sponsors in your life? en-us 2022-01-06 17:38:35 UTC 2025-11-19 06:45:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png Trish's Literacy Sponsors nepearsall https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199456 1. Huntington Library and Gardens (in Pasadena, CA)
2. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (the Catholic Church of Los Angeles)
3. Girl's State
4. Homeboy Industries (Boyle Heights, CA)
5. The 1984 Olympics (held in Los Angeles)
6. My mother (with me at the Huntington Library below!)
7. My older sister (we played school)
8. Learning video games at my public library you got to play for FREE on the brand new Apple 2E computers donated by a new little-known company called Apple Computers (Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? & Oregon Trail)
10. Public library (summer reading program where reading got you free pizza points!)
11. S.E. Hinton
12. Weekly piano lessons with Mrs. Crider
13. Dr. Williams (favorite undergraduate professor)



]]> 2022-01-06 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199456 Catherine's Literacy Sponsors nepearsall https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199457
  • My brother's Godfather, Lambros (told us stories & sang traditional Greek songs)
  • Playing Scrabble as a kid
  • Being translator for my immigrant parents, brother (before he learned English), and grandmother
  • basketball (coach gave us notebooks to learn plays)
  • Practicing my French when we would visit family in Montreal
  • Greek School (church)
  • Greek Mythology (giant book I read over and over)
  • Dr. Paul Goldstene (college)
  • Human Services 45 (an elective course where we tutored lementary school kids in reading)
  • Used to play 'school' with my neighbor, who was 1 year older than me. I was the student and she was the teacher (learned years later I was doing her homework)
  • Sesame Street & The Electric Company on Saturday mornings
    • ]]>     2022-01-06 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199457     Erika's Literacy Sponsors nepearsall https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199458
  • My grandfather's almanac
  • Full House (Thing before Fuller House)
  • Hollywood movie series on Friday nights (in Japan)
  • Essay writing contests (many Japanese school children participated in these as part of school curricula)
  • Friends from home
  • UCSB 
  • My child's Spanish-English bilingual school 
    • ]]>     2022-01-06 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199458     Mandy's Literacy Sponsors nepearsall https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199459 -2 Grandmothers (pictured below at my college graduation) and their full journals and bookshelves
    -being the only child meant being included in conversations as a peer, not a child
    -community conversations
    -Judy Blume
    -Dr. Betsy Watson
    -Jody Woodbury (HS English teacher) and Carl Woodbury (HS Gov't teacher)
    -Thomas, my grandmother's Siamese cat (aka my best student)
    -Reading Rainbow
    -Sweet Valley High


    ]]>     2022-01-06 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199459     Beth's Literacy Sponsors nepearsall https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199460
    1. Eye exams and getting glasses in the 10th grade
    2. Watching older sister record herself reading books
    3. First grade reading circles
    4. Moving to Australia in 6th grade and mispronouncing words when reading aloud in class
    5. Teaching my daughter to read
    6. My uncle Bob's home library
    7. My cousin's Dr. Seuss books


    ]]>     2022-01-06 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1979199460     Jaslyn's Literacy Sponsors jschung3 https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981238271 - educational children's tv shows(like Dora the Explorer, Barney,etc.)
    -Cerritos Library
    -friends from home
    -mom (bought me books, workbooks)
    -Barnes & Noble
    -online educational websites like freerice.com
    -grandma and grandpa
    -playing school with my brother and also with neighborhood friends
    -piano lessons]]>     2022-01-07 22:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981238271     Jessica's Literacy Sponsors jkywong https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981271298
  • Public library for having reading challenges
  • Playing word games with my dad when I was younger
  • Pbs kids with their educational shows
  • The librarian reading different books aloud to my class
  • Music lessons

    • ]]>     2022-01-07 23:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981271298     Wendy's Literacy Sponsors wevchen https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981301486
  • Public libraries every weekend
  • Reading comic and picture books(Dr. Suess, Elephant & Piggie)
  • Those “Goddess Girls” books in middle school
  • reading my sister’s books that she has in a tiny closet
  • Trying to play the game scrabble when I was younger
  • Reading books about planets and looking at pictures of them because they were pretty
  • My mom’s many books of short stories romance related

    • ]]>     2022-01-08 00:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981301486     Aurora Ke's Literacy Sponsors Aurorake https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981348407 1. My grandma and grandpa
    2. My Dad(having a lesson about time management and self-development)
    3. My Mom(buy me books)
    4. My fairy tale books from childhood 
    5. Children's Songs DVD
    6. Watching Teletubbies
    7. My friends
    8. Youth Group in Church
    9. WYMA (peer guide)
    10. Bilibili (study with me channel) 
    11. My highschool


    ]]>     2022-01-08 01:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981348407     Alexandra's Literacy Sponsors aynnho https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981420579 1. My best friend who got me into reading again
    2. Volunteering at the hospital and getting to interact with patients
    3. Disney Princesses were an inspiration to me growing up.
    4. Being able to lead worship at my youth service taught me how to become a better leader (church leadership)
    5. My grandma is constantly teaching me more about my Korean culture
    6. My pastor who shows me endless support
    7. My second-grade teacher would always listen to my rants about the drama in my friend group when I was in elementary school
    8. Piano and violin lessons opened a door for my love of music
    9. After school program I used to go to until middle school has given me the opportunity to interact with students in different grades]]>     2022-01-08 04:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981420579     Lianna's Literacy Sponsors liaquach https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981971933 -Parents
    -Public libraries
    -Grandparents
    -Music teacher
    -PBS Kids
    -Series of Unfortunate Events
    -My friends
    -English teachers
    -Cousins
    -Elementary School
    -Middle School
    -High School
    -UC Davis
    -Church School
    -Book Donors
    -Video Games
    -StarFall
    -Community Service
    -Clubs

    ]]>     2022-01-09 00:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1981971933     Sonia's Literacy Sponsors sanwar10 https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982013169 - My 5th grade friends who encouraged me to read more. 
    - Elementary school A.R tests
    - Elementary school and middle school book fairs
    - Games like scrabble, word search, and crossword puzzles
    - Public library book clubs and reading challenges when I was younger

    ]]>     2022-01-09 02:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982013169     Emily's Literacy Sponsor's eanastasio https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982059119 1. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (they had activities for young people)
    2. my tutors
    3. volunteering at science camps
    4. translating for my parents growing up
    5. high school teachers
    6. Edward's family, mom's boss' who motivated me to take the college route
    7. various helpless therapists
    8.  my younger sister
    9. translating in school
    10. volunteering at my elementary school]]>     2022-01-09 04:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982059119     cbprawartana https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982085254 - My parents who encourage me to do my best.
    - Watching television shows with my friends when I was young.
    - Guitar videos on YouTube
    - School
    - Sunday school (Church)
    - Pastor that prayed for my success.
    - Mom and Dad
    - Friends that liked me for who I am.
    - Volunteer to help special Eds and get to know them better.
    - My best friend who listens when I felt down.
    - Commercial music class in high school
    - Netflix shows
    - Taekwondo (World level coach taught me what he knows)
    - Pi (3.14) day (where we all ate pie)




    ]]>     2022-01-09 06:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982085254     liquach https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982103540 1. Going to a tutor from first to seventh grade
    2. young adult novels
    3. PBS channel
    4. purchasing books from Barnes and Noble/Costco
    5. my best friend (I would edit her papers)
    6. my language class in high school
    7. going to the library each week to pick out new books
    8. silent reading hour during elementary, middle, and high school
    9. volunteering at a local elementary school to help them with math and reading
    10. science fairs
    11. weekly piano lessons during elementary school]]>     2022-01-09 07:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982103540     Mark's Literacy Sponsors mswolbert1 https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982602905
  • Mom and Dad
  • Grandparents
  • COTS
  • Tutors 
  • Family friends
  • Spongebob
  • My friends
  • Coaches 
  • Cousins
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School
  • UC Davis
  • Video Games
  • Baseball 
    • ]]>     2022-01-09 19:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982602905     Amy's Literacy Sponsors alwwang https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982614303 1. My Parents
    2. My Grandparents
    3. My host parents
    4. Middle school(NFLS)
    5. Mandarin Church
    6. My friends 
    7. Drama club in middle and high school
    8. My high school History teacher
    9. Romantic novels my friend and I read secretly in our free time
    10.Funny conversations between my desk-mate and me as we talk about a lot of interesting things from news to gossips in our class]]>     2022-01-09 20:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982614303     Asteria’s Literacy Sponsors seyshen https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982736534 1. My parents
    2. My grandparents 
    3. My friends
    4. All my schools (elementary, middle, high, university)
    5. All books I read
    6. All film I watched
    7. Jay Chou’s music
    8. My teachers]]>     2022-01-09 23:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982736534     Krista’s Literacy Sponsors kcarmada https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982869779 1. My second grade teacher 
    2. My mom 
    3. My best friends who recommended me books to read 
    4. The Harry Potter series 
    5. The elementary book fairs 
    6. Disney channel 
    7. The dork diaries series 
    8. Science books (the pictures intrigued me)
    9. Fostering and volunteering at the foster agency
    10. Reading the cartoons on the newspaper]]>     2022-01-10 01:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1982869779     vemattsson https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983023534 1. seventh grade English teacher
    2. watching the news and reading news articles
    3. 'thinking games' like scrabble and bananagrams
    4. the library
    5. my internship supervisors (at the California Coastal Commission)
    6. a different nonprofit I interned at for several years (Enterprise for Youth)
    7. journaling
    8. school in general
    9. my mom who always pushed me to read more as a kid]]>     2022-01-10 04:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983023534     asgomez10 https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983108466 -My mother (reading spanish and english)
    - High School
    -Middle School
    -Clubs
    -English Teachers
    -Rick Riordan
    -Harry Potter series
    -Mythology
    -]]>     2022-01-10 05:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983108466     yycchang https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983142721 1. My parents
    2. My brother
    3. My friends
    4. Middle school math teacher
    5. (video and book) Detective Conan and Arsène Lupin
    6. Public Library
    7. School Clubs]]>     2022-01-10 06:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983142721     Carlos's literacy sponsors cadlopez https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983184481 1. my parents(would read to me  every night)
    2. coach (would provide emotional support at games)
    3. Teachers from k-12
    3. grandmother (would tell me  stories from her childhood)
    4. friends (would play video games with me and would often lend a helping hand)
    5. my church community (provided a safe space for me)
    6.clubs (found people who would support by interests)

    ]]>     2022-01-10 06:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983184481     Chang's Literacy Sponsors Chang_Sun_ https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983221845 -My elementary school language teacher (guided me to love reading)
    -My grandmother (a university professor who lived through the war and various social changes in modern China, gave me a perspective that many people would have difficulty appreciating)
    -Disco Elysium (Help me to ensure 3-5 hours of English reading and listening per week when the Chinese version is not yet released)
    -Bookstore near home

    ]]>     2022-01-10 07:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983221845     Kayla's Literacy Sponsors kjay8 https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983238036 1. My parents
    2. My older sisters
    3. Word World
    4. Between the Lions
    5. Online PBS games
    6. Attending library programs
    7. Selling Girl Scout cookies
    8. Being a teacher's assistant ]]>     2022-01-10 07:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/1983238036     Krista’s Literacy Sponsors kcarmada https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/2076713172 1. My fifth grade teacher 
    2. My mom 
    3. My best friends who recommended me books to read 
    4. The Harry Potter series 
    5. The elementary book fairs 
    6. Disney channel 
    7. The dork diaries series 
    8. Science books (the pictures intrigued me)
    9. Fostering and volunteering at the foster agency
    10. Reading the cartoons on the newspaper]]>     2022-03-03 21:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nepearsall/9kgycem1wz18irek/wish/2076713172