Help me give my students a small home library for the remaining weeks of "remote learning". New books will spark new enthusiasm in reading so they can avoid the "summer slide" before summer even hits!
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My Students
My Title I students are part of a small, tight-knit coastal community in Maine. They are enthusiastic about playing outdoors as well as becoming good students. Reading is an activity that they love to engage in and have a variety of text levels and topics to read about feeds this passion.
When the coronavirus hit Maine and schools had to close suddenly, the kids could sadly only take a handful of books home with them.
These short books have been read numerous times and the kids are aching for new reading material. Homes without personal libraries have been hit especially hard, leaving kids to lose their interest in reading.
Please help me breathe new motivation into my students by restocking the home libraries of my Title 1 students. This funding will provide new books to the kids while they finish out the year with remote learning.
My Project
Imagine you live in a home with few books. Imagine you brought home a handful of "just right" books thinking the Coronavirus would only shut schools down for a couple of weeks. Now imagine you have been home with those same 10-12 books for nearly two months! Kids who fall into this category may also lack the technology needed to seek other outlets for reading material.
To address the needs of these vulnerable students it is critical to provide new reading material at individual reading levels so that they will be motivated to read.
Without renewed inspiration, students will begin their "summer slide" long before summer hits. The farther students slide now, the greater the challenge to reach grade level next fall. New books equal new engagement and new enthusiasm.
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