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My students need copies of each of the Sunshine State Young Reader novels so they can read them and then vote at the end of the school year for their favorite book. Each year, our state provides a list of 15 novels for grades 3-5 that students can read, and then allows them to vote on their favorite book for a state award. Our school provides an incentive program for books read, helping to increase involvement in this program. In addition, our school holds a competition between 4th and 5th graders called Battle of the Books. My students LOVE to read these books, but often, they are checked out of the library. If I am able to have copies of these selected books, such as Pablo and Cat, Wish, and Home Sweet Motel in my classroom, students can have them at their fingertips at all times and increasing the number of books they are able to read. The books on the state list are typically current novels that are engaging and enlightening for my students. The novels provide a fun and interesting way to get the students to read, which helps to increase comprehension for reading. And as we know, increased comprehension helps to make for better and more engaged readers.

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My students need copies of each of the Sunshine State Young Reader novels so they can read them and then vote at the end of the school year for their favorite book. Each year, our state provides a list of 15 novels for grades 3-5 that students can read, and then allows them to vote on their favorite book for a state award. Our school provides an incentive program for books read, helping to increase involvement in this program. In addition, our school holds a competition between 4th and 5th graders called Battle of the Books. My students LOVE to read these books, but often, they are checked out of the library. If I am able to have copies of these selected books, such as Pablo and Cat, Wish, and Home Sweet Motel in my classroom, students can have them at their fingertips at all times and increasing the number of books they are able to read. The books on the state list are typically current novels that are engaging and enlightening for my students. The novels provide a fun and interesting way to get the students to read, which helps to increase comprehension for reading. And as we know, increased comprehension helps to make for better and more engaged readers.

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