Help me give my students added books for our classroom library so they can see themselves in the pages of books!
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Decker's classroom raised $390
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are readers; however, they did not start out that way. I teach all levels of sophomores and a class of seniors. When I was able to implement the idea of choice reading, my students became true readers of books instead of fake reading their way through required novels. For twenty minutes each day, my students get to take a breath, take a break, and read a book. There are no assignments, no expectations, no paper, and no study guides. They just read.
My students are kind and honest and invested in their education.
But many of them are not able to find the time to read on their own. Many of my students tell me they haven't read a book of their own choosing ever. I decided that if I wanted my students to be readers, I needed to provide them contemporary and diverse books to read and the time to do so.
My Project
I believe wholeheartedly in the benefits of choice reading. The only way students can improve vocabulary and reading efficiency and speed is consistently reading. The only way to get students to consistently read is to allow them to choose those books. In my classroom, students are able to read a book of their choosing every day for 20 minutes. I have found that students don't dislike reading; they just haven't had someone take the time to help them find the right books for them. Please help me continue to add high-interest books to my classroom library so all of my students can grab a read in which they feel represented and heard.
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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