My students need new, interesting sets (10 each) of 4 guided reading books to fulfill their ravenous love of reading!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Yankus's classroom raised $265
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.
My Students
As our scholars (they work too hard to be called students) progress on their path to college by moving on to second grade, they deserve to be able to fulfill their ravenous reading appetites by having a diverse collection of guided reading books.
Our school's motto is: "Learn Today.
Lead Tomorrow." The scholars at our public charter school heed this motto by attending school 190 days a year from 7:40 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. They are readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, and historians. Most importantly, they are on the path to college despite many coming from impoverished backgrounds.
Our school opened its doors with a kindergarten class in August 2009. Thus, my scholars, the College Class of 2026, will become the pioneer second grade class this year at our No-Excuses school, which services children from four diverse communities in Rhode Island.
My Project
My scholars are avid readers, with reading tastes as diverse as they are. A library of guided reading books that includes picture books, chapter books, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, biographies, and books about science will provide a multitude of opportunities for my scholars to enrich their academics during small group reading and satisfy their curiosities.
This guided reading library will also serve as the lending library for my scholars as we do not yet have a school library. Scholars will be able to borrow books nightly to continue to foster their love of reading at home as well.
Children who become lifelong readers are inspired by early exposure to a variety of good literature.
Help me inspire my scholars by providing them with the beginning of our classroom/guided reading library!
More than half 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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