The feeling of losing yourself in a good book is like no other! I want to give each one of my students that experience throughout the school year.
In the heart of Brooklyn, at public school PS 261, we are a diverse 5th grade learning community.
With family backgrounds stretching across the world from Australia to Brazil, Ireland and Barbados, we utilize our diversity to create an open minded learning environment. PS 261 is an elementary school in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn where children develop a love for learning in a nurturing and enriched educational environment. Our school promotes learning through student based inquiry, discussion and project based learning. We are equally concerned about young people's social and emotional development. The independence acquired as problem solvers in their studies is also encouraged in their personal and social lives.
My Project
Each child has unique needs and interests. This is especially true when it comes to the joy of reading and what each child takes away when they choose to read a book. With this in mind, I would like to be able to spark the joy of reading in the reluctant readers in our classroom by providing books that seem better fit to their interests and reading levels. I would like to provide gifted readers with more challenging options to push their critical thinking skills and deepen their vocabulary. We have a classroom library where students can choose books based on genres, authors and reading levels. The variety of choices is limited and will not meet the needs of the students throughout the year as they choose books to immerse themselves into. As we move forward, working on individualized reading goals, the simple act of finding a book of interest can stand in the way of a student discovering the joy of reading.
Remember back to what it feels like when you can not put down a good book?
The feeling spreads out to your thinking skills and confidence. You are able to speak, write and think at a higher level purely because you are so inspired by your book. Please give this opportunity to the diverse readers in my classroom by providing them with more book choices in our classroom library.
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