Help me give my students books they like for independent reading books. This project gives me some sets of books to have in my classroom to lend students who don't come to SSR with a book.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Reid's classroom raised $318
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are awesome individuals who are wonderful, interesting, thoughtful humans. Some have all the materials they would need for any school project in their backpacks and so do not have paper or other necessary materials all year long. I like to help students who need organizational help or school supplies by surreptitiously slipping them the materials they need.
Many students often don't know how to study for tests, so I like to give them index cards to make flashcards or highlighters or post-its for active reading.
How can my students be successful if they don't have the tools?
My Project
I want students to love the read, not just know how to do it. Each semester, I ask students to get together in groups to have a book club discussion to try to get them hooked on the fun of reading and discussing books. I also participate actively in our school's Silent Sustained Reading program. Not all students are excited to read and not all come to SSR with a book, so I try to have a classroom library with engaging titles available for students to use.
When students ask me, "Hey, can I borrow this book," I always say yes, because what if this is the book that gets them?
Naturally, they don't all come back, but I have to think maybe that's a good thing...?
Please help replenish my classroom library with tried and true titles that students tend to like. Who knows? This just might be the book to hook them.
More than a third 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
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