My students need a variety of 42 books at different reading levels to keep them engaged in sustained independent reading.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Kerr's classroom raised $524
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it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
In order to develop the essential reading skills needed for the world that awaits my students when they soon leave high school, my students first have to develop a love for reading.
My students deal with a number of challenges that have interfered with their ability to develop the reading skills they need.
As a self contained special education classroom, each of my students must overcome a learning disability in order to learn. As a classroom within an alternative high school, all of my students face obstacles that have led them to fall behind on high school credits such as being young mothers. Despite these obstacles my students have a thirst for knowledge and a desire to succeed. Perhaps the most important skill my students need to develop before graduating high school is the ability to read at a functional level.
My Project
A library full of engaging books at different reading levels in our classroom will turn reading into the enjoyable and life changing activity that is should be, rather than an unpleasant and frustrating task. If each of my students can fall in love with a book, the process of greatly improving their reading will come naturally.
I am requesting a small library of books at various reading levels to match my students' needs. Included are books that are appropriate for High-Schoolers yet at an accessible reading level such as the "Bluford High Series", classics like "A Wrinkle in Time" and "The Phantom Tollbooth", graphic novels, and stories dealing with more adult content like gang violence.
This range of reading material will keep my students engaged while allowing them to read at the specific level that best supports their individual reading growth.
Having the necessary books in our classroom will change my students' lives in an immediate and lasting way.
Students will quickly improve their reading skills so that when they soon graduate high school and pursue college or jobs, they have the skills they need to be successful.
More than three‑quarters 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
Lost and Found (Bluford High Series #1) Anne Schraff
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books Jeff Kinney
• AKJ BOOKS
$47.88
1
$47.88
Secrets in the Shadows (Bluford High Series #3) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor)
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
A Matter of Trust (Bluford High Series #2) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor)
• AKJ BOOKS
$1.81
1
$1.81
Payback (Bluford High Series #6) Paul Langan
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
Brothers in Arms (Bluford High Series #9) Paul Langan, Ben Alirez
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
Blood is Thicker (Bluford High Series #8) Paul Langan, D. M. Blackwell
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
The Bully (Bluford High Series #5) Paul Langan
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
Summer of Secrets (Bluford High Series #10) Paul Langan
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
The Fallen (Bluford High Series #11) Paul Langan
• AKJ BOOKS
$12.56
1
$12.56
Until We Meet Again (Bluford High Series #7) Anne Schraff, Anne E. Schraff
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
Someone to Love Me (Bluford High Series #4) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor)
• AKJ BOOKS
$3.41
1
$3.41
East Side Dreams Art Rodriguez
• AKJ BOOKS
$11.82
2
$23.64
Too Many Tamales Gary Soto, Ed Martinez (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$6.83
1
$6.83
Baseball in April and Other Stories Gary Soto
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.97
1
$5.97
Living Up the Street Gary Soto, Strawberry Hill Press
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.55
1
$5.55
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie - A Tale of Love and Fallout Lauren Redniss
• AKJ BOOKS
$17.60
1
$17.60
Watchmen Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Barry Marx (Editor)
• AKJ BOOKS
$11.82
1
$11.82
Maus: A Survivor's Tale Volume 1: My Father Bleeds History Art Spiegelman, Tom Engelhardt (Editor)
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.35
1
$9.35
The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before Charlie Adlard (Artist), Robert Kirkman, Cliff Rathburn (Artist)
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.76
1
$9.76
The Walking Dead, Volume 6: This Sorrowful Life Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard (Artist), Cliff Rathburn (Artist)
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.76
1
$9.76
The Walking Dead, Book One Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore (Artist), Charlie Adlard (Artist), Cliff Rathburn (Artist)
• AKJ BOOKS
$24.45
1
$24.45
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Vol. 1 Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.12
1
$5.12
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Sharon Draper, Rameck Hunt
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.97
1
$5.97
Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson
• AKJ BOOKS
$6.83
1
$6.83
Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul: Real Stories by Real Girls about Real Stuff Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap
• AKJ BOOKS
$10.22
1
$10.22
Kickoff! Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, With Paul Mantell
• AKJ BOOKS
$5.12
1
$5.12
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.39
1
$9.39
Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.43
1
$9.43
Where the Sidewalk Ends: 30th Anniversary Special Edition Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$10.54
1
$10.54
Children Make Terrible Pets Peter Brown, Peter Brown (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.43
1
$9.43
Giant Steps to Change the World Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, Sean Qualls (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
$9.43
1
$9.43
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
• AKJ BOOKS
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