My students need 22 leveled books for daily reading instruction and practice.
$176 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 students love the power of choosing a book from our classroom leveled library and being able to read it. I teach kindergarten and first grade at an urban elementary school. 90% of the students are low-income. 90% of the students are English language learners.
My students cherish books and love to read.
Three to five times a week, I meet with them in small groups to teach them reading strategies with books that are at their individual reading levels. They will keep this book in their personal book-box to practice for a couple of weeks. After the lesson, they get to choose several books from the classroom leveled library to add to their book-box. They use these books to practice the skills that they have been learning.
My students read from their boxes for 20 to 30 minutes every day. To be successful, students need access to many high-quality leveled books to choose from. I need to make sure that each level has enough books so that students are always encountering new texts. This will both help them become better readers and encourage a love of reading a new book. It is incredibly important that students enjoy reading in kindergarten and first grade.
My Project
My request will add 22 valuable new books to my classroom leveled library. These books will be the main resource that my students use to learn to read. Students will read them by themselves during independent reading time and will share their favorite parts with a friend during partner reading time. These resources will last years, as my students are well-trained to cherish and take care of their books.
Additionally, students will take these books home nightly to continue to practice the skills and strategies that they have learned in school. Research shows that students who read at home become better readers, develop larger vocabularies, and are more proficient writers than those that do not read at home. By taking this resource home, students will not only continue to grow academically, they will get to share the joy (and responsibility) of reading with their families every night.
Your help will ensure that my students will start school with the pleasure and power of reading.
With your contribution, my students will have the daily experience of "I can do it . . . I can read!"
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