My students need 100 journals, 3 bookshelves, and craft supplies, like binders, poster boards, clay, markers and colored pencils to bring Reader's Workshop to life.
My scholars are quirky, passionate, and energetic learners who value their education and have the determination to succeed and achieve. They're very curious about the world around them. They literally line up and devour any extra information and enrichment activities we give them. "Whoa, Ms. R. You have books about what we're learning in social studies in your library, too," one exclaimed last year.
My fabulous scholars are extremely dedicated to their education and taking control of their own lives.
We are constantly working to find more time to push ourselves academically and to close the achievement gap. All of my students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 80% of them are African-American or Hispanic.
My Project
"Can we read more science fiction?" "What about some poetry?" "Can we learn about women's suffrage next?" These are questions that I get from my vibrant scholars on a daily basis. They are thirsty for knowledge and bursting at the seams to read anything they can get their hands on!
Being able to choose what you read is one of reading's greatest pleasures.
While we engulf whole-class novels, we regularly engage in Reader's Workshop -- a time when scholars select a book on their own, read it a their own pace, and respond to it authentically. As a fourth year teacher, my classroom library is near complete and ready for scholars to dive into, but Reader's Workshop requires journals for the students to respond in and an abundance of project supplies. My scholars brainstormed together and selected the project supplies they enjoyed utilizing the most this past year. I am asking for three bookshelves, one hundred journals, poster board, markers, and various other craft supplies. Scholars will select books, read them, journal about them, and respond to them by creating a project of their choice.
Please help my students come back in the fall to new journals that are ready for all of their thoughts and project supplies that are ready for their creative hands and minds to dive into. While many of them grew at least one (sometimes two and three!) reading levels this year, many of them are still reading below grade level. Dedicating time to independent reading and responding to what they are reading will help them to make growth and work towards reading on or above grade level.
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