My students need nonfiction books to increase their knowledge about the world, a weekly Scholastic News magazine subscription for shared reading, and storage bins for our library.
My kindergarten students will come to me next year with a very large range of school experience. One thing for sure is that we will be able to lay foundations together for the rest of their school days. You can help us make that happen.
Our school is an international school.
We have two target languages, Spanish and Mandarin. My students spend half of their day in literacy class, which is taught in English, and the other half in math and science, which is taught in Spanish. Because the majority of my students are just learning to read, it is important that they have a wide variety of grade level reading materials at their fingertips. We will integrate whole group, small group, partner, and individual instruction into our day. This includes whole class mini-lessons, shared reading, personal reading time, partner reading time, and guided reading groups. The materials from this project will help to bring nonfiction books and weekly nonfiction publications to my students at their reading level. This project will help to open up the whole world for them!
My Project
My students and I will be learning a lot about the world around us this year. A big part of this will be through reading about the world. One of our very first reading units will focus on nonfiction books, where students will learn what types of nonfiction they want to learn about. The leveled books in this project will bring a variety of high interest, nonfiction books to my students at their reading level. This will help to make learning about the world through books more accessible to them.
Each week, we will also have a shared reading passage.
I plan on doing this through the Scholastic Magazines. These weekly subscriptions will help students to learn about the world around them each week, tailored specifically to the season. At the end of the week, students will be able to take these magazines home to share with their families, where they will continue to practice reading. It will not only give my students a resource in the classroom each week, but it will also give my students a collection of nonfiction readings that they are able to take home and read again and again. This will also open the door for my students' families to discuss with their children what they are learning in the classroom.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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