This year my students have re-ignited their love of reading. The problem, however, is that we are in desperate need of new books. Would you want to read books with missing covers and torn pages? Probably not. My students are eager to read, but our library is in desperate need of updating
I teach middle school reading in Missouri.
At the beginning of the year my students moaned and groaned when I told them they would be reading novels. However, that all changed when I invited them to read high interest short stories that relate to their lives. Now it seems like they can't get enough. Every day they come into class and ask, "Can we read another story today?" Now that I have my student's hooked I really want to continue to foster their love of reading and encourage them to continue growing in reading.
My Project
In order to keep my students hooked on reading, we desperately need new books the students actually want to read. Many of the novels in our current library have missing pages, missing covers, or were written in by previous students. When I ask my students to select a reading book from our class library, they get excited to read, but are often let down when they can't find even one book they are interested in.
Now that my students have re-discovered their love of reading they are eagerly asking for specific titles, but unfortunately my school does not have the resources to purchase new books. If we were to have more high interest books then my students would actually be able to choose independent reading novels that they not only want to read, but would help foster their growth in reading and help them reach their learning goals for the year.
At the beginning of this year my students reading scores were several years below grade level.
They decided to set a goal for themselves to grow two full years in just one year. They have been working hard to reach that goal and have already made one full year of growth. With your help we can give them the resources they need in order to meet their goal and close the achievement gap
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