Encouraging a Love of Reading with High Interest Books
My students need 33 books to encourage reading and improve fluency, including high interest titles such as Pete the Cat, Elephant and Piggie, and Splat the Cat.
$264 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My first graders are still learning the decoding skills necessary to be fluent readers. A lot of books are the right reading level, but they aren't always the high interest books that kids want to read. I am always looking for the books that will engage my students and encourage the love of reading.
My school is located in South Florida.
66% of our students are economically needy and 27% of our students are English language learners, numbers which are rising each year. Our students love to learn, but don't always have access to materials outside of the classroom.
My Project
My students need 33 books to encourage reading and improve fluency, including high interest titles such as Pete the Cat, Elephant and Piggie, and Splat the Cat. These books will be used in several ways. Some will be kept at student tables to allow students to work on their fluency if they finish an activity early. Others will be kept in the library for independent reading and buddy reading. My students love being able to grab a book that is on their reading level to read with a partner, and the added bonus to this is that buddy reading improves fluency, listening skills, and cooperation.
The addition of these high interest books to our classroom library would give my students the chance to improve their fluency with books at an appropriate reading level, while engaging them with the characters they love.
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