My students need a comfortable area rug for small and large-group instruction.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ingram's classroom raised $172
This project is fully funded
My Students
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!" Dr. Seuss has inspired children for decades to dream big, and it is my goal as a teacher to enrich the lives of my students through reading so that they too can soar to new heights!
My 4th grade students attend a very small, rural Pennsylvania school.
Many of my students come from low-socioeconomic families and do not have much exposure to different cultures and parts of the world. Because of that, I highly value literature within my classroom, and I feel that reading is the gateway to inspire future learning. However, it is often difficult to instruct students who are reading at a wide variety of levels.
To better meet the needs of my students, I began researching the "Daily 5" reading program, created by Gail Bouchey and Joan Moser. The Daily Five is a series of literacy tasks which students complete daily while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals. While completing these tasks, students are given the opportunity to choose their own books that interest them, at their own reading level, and they work together with their teacher on individualized learning goals that best meet the academic needs of the child.
My Project
With the new area rug, my students will be given the opportunity to move freely throughout their classroom, away from the confines of a desk and chair. Within their Daily 5 reading time, my students carry book boxes where they keep all of the leveled readers, notebooks, and strategy cards they need to be successful with their literacy tasks.Along with their book boxes, the area rug will create a mobile working station as determined by the student, placing them in a learning situation that they are most comfortable in, which will in-turn inspire work ethic and immersion in their reading tasks.
I instruct a population of very enthusiastic learners and I am anxious to introduce this new reading area into their classroom routine because I know they will share my excitement.
A student comfortable in their classroom will be comfortable in their learning!
Nearly all 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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