Help me give my students the most critically-acclaimed, best- selling novels that will keep their noses buried, and inspire a passion for reading!
$496 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.
I have 28 5th grade students from a variety of backgrounds including Hispanic, Asian, and African-American. They have a range of reading abilities from 1st through 6th grade. Most of them have never fallen in love with a book, let alone read an award-winning story. They are the first generation in their family to have the chance to graduate high school in the U.S. My kids have such big personalities and each one is so unique from the other. They absolutely love to engage in group discussions and partner activities. In the past two months, we have become a community who helps one another as we get to know each other better.
My Project
All children deserve to read wonderfully-written and captivating books. My students deserve the opportunity to get lost in a book. These books will help create a library for our classroom where the children will look forward to reading every day. They have been chosen according to their interests and with a diversity of reading levels to support the wide range of readers that I have in my classroom. This is my first year as a 5th grade teacher, and my second year teaching in the district. So, this is why I have a desperate need to build a library. Currently, the only books I have are for guided reading groups, but we do not have any for independent reading. A few of the students bring in reading books that their parents have bought for them, but most of my kids are from under-privileged homes where the parents do not speak English and struggle to make ends meet. They most certainly can't afford to buy books for their children.
My 5th graders tell me how much they love fortnite and minecraft, and I want them to feel that way about books.
Please help me inspire my students to fall in love with reading!
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