Help me give my students access to their own copies of Scholastic Storyworks magazines to support their success in reading and writing with engaging fictional stories, nonfiction articles, poetry, and more.
I teach in a small town in a rural area of West Virginia. Our area has widespread poverty, and many of my students don't get to experience things outside of our county. They are excited to learn about and experience new things.
My students are eager, caring, and hardworking individuals.
They want to do their best and strive to meet the expectations set for them. They enjoy hands-on activities, working in small groups, and using technology. I want to offer them the best educational experience possible.
My Project
My students need updated reading materials. Our current reading textbooks are from 2007. The fictional stories in the textbooks are fine, but they need access to current nonfiction articles. I teach Social Studies, as well as ELA, and the Storyworks magazines often have historical or current events articles in them. This would be a great way to help integrate our Social Studies curriculum into the ELA curriculum. Storyworks also covers poetry, plays, infographics, etc., so the students will read multiple genres in each issue.
You can help make it possible for each student to get his/her own copy.
Not only will my students have the chance to write on the pages and underline the text as I teach them various comprehension strategies, but they'll also get to keep their own copies so they can read and practice our strategies at home.
Storyworks is an amazing magazine that will engage my students and teach them valuable reading comprehension strategies so that they can be successful readers and develop a lifelong love of reading.
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