Help me give my students the books they are begging to get lost in!
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My Students
My students are from a rural community in Wisconsin that is a short drive from a tourist town. Thus, many families have seasonal work, and struggle to provide school supplies, books, and other such items some take for granted.
My students are incredibly caring and hard working.
They understand the value of material possessions and thus treat anything in the room with great respect.
Lastly, my students LOVE reading. It baffles me at times how much they really do just want to curl up with a good book and read- and they are in middle school. I have an open policy when it comes to what you can "read for credit" in my class, and it shows. The past few years they have grown into avid readers, and thus learners. The empathy and experiences they can gain from books fill my teacher's heart and makes this job even more incredible.
My Project
Do you remember being in middle school? With school, extracurricular activities and our social lives, it seemed as if there was never any time to do much else. Nowadays, when children have spare time, they understandably spend it on social media or playing video games. The importance of reading seems to have taken a forgotten backseat in many of our children's lives. With a million different things to occupy our free time, we need to make sure that reading is included.
My students and I would love to have classroom copies of these titles so they are more readily available to them.
I strongly believe children need to have the choice in what they read and this is what they want. In the first half of the school year, students have asked me for the books on this list. They are popular books that never seem to be available in the library and I would love to be able to provide them.
More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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