Middle school reading specialist Ms. Lee-Bey earned a Virginia State Literacy Association Teacher Research Grant for $500 to introduce a word study unit for middle school reading classes. The grant encourages educators to use various tools for improving the quality of reading/language arts instruction and enhance student interest in recreational reading. Ms. Lee-Bey has long been focused on word study and language and reading acquisition. She also founded an organization called EtymologyRules to help people understand the power of words through workshops and lectures and learning platforms and worked as an adjunct professor designing and implementing developmental reading instruction for college students.
Wordsmith in Waiting
