Terri Fields

Field's "Reading is Sweet" project enhances reading skills and increases interest in free-reading among high school students. Students are motivated to read through spirited encouragement from teachers including one-on-one discussions of various reading strategies, classroom visits featuring dramatic readings from novels, and rewards of prizes and free books for students who demonstrate substantial interest in reading. The program also incorporates a "publishing center" staffed by the high school students that turns elementary students' work into hard cover library books. Most important, this program teaches that reading skills can provide lifelong enjoyment.