My students need access to a library of engaging novels that interest them and motivate them to read, and that they can read independently at their own Lexile level.
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
This upcoming school year, I will be teaching 6th-10th grade students with a variety of educational backgrounds, interests and reading abilities in our school’s decoding program. Many of my students want to read but struggle to read texts that are interesting to them, while others find reading too daunting at their independent levels.
My students are motivated and eager to improve their reading skills by using the appropriate tools they need to succeed at their independent reading levels.
My students are working towards attending college while they are still in high school and are striving to reach their goal of graduating with a high school diploma and an Associate’s degree at the same time. In order to meet this goal, my students are working diligently at improving their independent reading levels each day with independent practice.
My Project
In working to make sure our students have everything they need to be successful, we are hoping to add a few collections of Hi-Lo books to our classroom. Hi-Lo books are intended for students who read below their grade level, but have interests above their grade level. For example, a high school student may read at a middle school level but he isn’t interested in reading topics that middle school students are interested in; he would be more interested in something geared towards his age group. He wants to read, but books that he currently has available are intimidating and therefore he plays video games instead of reading a book!
In order to see our students continue to learn and grow as readers and as individuals, adding a Hi-Lo book library would push and encourage students to increase their independent reading level by reading about topics that interest them at their appropriate age level.
I am hoping to raise enough money so that both our middle school and high school students will have a large range of books in our library to choose from that range from Upper Elementary/Middle School interest levels to Young Adult interest levels. With this library, students will be able to sign books out at their leisure to read during lunch, study, or on the weekend to help improve their independent reading levels!
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