And The Nominees Are... (What My Students Want to Read)
My students need high-interest books, such as, Gone Girl, Divergent, and Fallen Angels, in their classroom library! My students specifically asked to see these titles on the bookshelves. These books are sure to be read!
$409 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
"When I read my book, I'm a whole other person in a different world, looking through the characters' eyes and living through their problems." This quote is one student's take on independent reading, the activity that starts class each day. Imagine taking such a journey without leaving school?!
The students at my school reside in one of the poorest congressional districts in the United States.
When the last bell of the school day rings at 3:10 pm, most students head to a part-time job (whose income helps to put food on the table) in the neighborhood or home to take care of younger siblings or elderly relatives. Rarely does this second shift provide the space or time for leisure reading, an activity highly correlated with academic success, higher SAT scores, and greater chance of admission to college. The reading students do in school is critical for providing an avenue to a brighter and more enriching life. Independent reading has been a part of my English curriculum for five years, and with the gradual and regular addition of high-interest books to my classroom library, I see students blossom into lifelong readers. Upperclassmen return to my room to borrow books, a testament that reinforces the value and importance of providing students with ample reading time and material.
My Project
My students need high-interest books, such as, Gone Girl, Divergent, and Fallen Angels, in their classroom library! Students in my tenth grade English class read for the first ten minutes of class every day. Over the course of the 180-day school year, that amounts to 30 hours of reading! In a recent survey, I asked students what books they would like to see on the bookshelves in the classroom library, and the books in this project--everything from Gone Girl to books about professional athletes to the latest in young adult literature--represent their requests. When students finish a book, they return it to the classroom library and take out a new one; even though it is only October, most students have finished multiple books, and on a given Monday, several students in each class typically return books they finished over the weekend. Given the frequency of the students' borrowing, the influx of new books the fulfillment of this project would bring will ensure my students are engaged in literary journeys for months--and years--to come.
There is no greater pleasure in life than reading a good book, and there is no more important contribution to public education than the establishment of generations of lifelong readers.
Supporting this project will take my students on journeys into different worlds described by the aforementioned student--all with the turn of a page.
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