Help me give my students a library of books on their reading levels so that they can become successful, strong readers.
$1,836 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
I teach at a Title I school in the Bronx. This year I will be teaching a second grade class, made up of general education students as well as English language learners. My students' families work hard to provide for them, often working multiple jobs just to afford necessities. One hundred percent of the students at my school receive free breakfast and lunch.
My students often live in small apartments or in crowded homeless shelters where they don't have access to basics like books to read and technology.
I like to use technology to maintain the school-home connection, with websites like ClassDojo, and also sites students can use to practice reading like Raz Kids and Starfall. Many are not able to access these sites at home. Most don't even know how to turn on our outdated desktop computers in the classroom!
My Project
The best way for students to learn to read is by having a wealth of interesting books, both fiction and nonfiction, that are on their own reading level. My students read on a wide range of levels, from level A which is a kindergarten level, up to level M which is where they should be by the end of second grade.
I want to provide my students with as many books as possible on their levels that grab their attention and make them want to read them.
The leveled books that we have now are old and falling apart, or not very interesting, and we don't have that many of each level. Students will be able to use these books to practice their reading independently, in the classroom and at home. Nothing encourages reading like picking up a brand new book that is just right!
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