"Get ready to learn!" is what I always tell my 5th-grade students every day as a reminder of what they are here for. I start the day with song and dance and have my students pumped up and excited about the day ahead in Mrs. B.'s reading class. I strongly believe in motivation and engagement.
Ever since the hurricanes devasted our community, my students have faced the greater challenge of finding the supplies and accessing the resources they need.
In order to succeed, these students need all the support, as their families experience even worse financial hardship than before.
My school has a high number of students who are English Language Learners, and there are a few who are part of the special education and gifted program.
Because of language barriers, not all share the love for reading and writing in English, but I would say that the more they practice, the lesser the challenge-once they are motivated and engaged in the process.
My Project
Our reading classroom is once again, in dire need of new material to read. Our book center/library is very limited and most of the students have already checked in and out (multiple times) the books we have. We need a library set of hard-covered novels to add to our small but growing inventory, so our 5th-grade reading students can not only improve their literacy skills- but also open the doors of their imagination.
Because of the growth in enthusiasm and love of ready, I need to furnish my classroom to fill the needs of my students and nourish their desire to read.
I decided to request additional novel book sets but hard-covered this time as the paperbacks get damaged very easily.
Multiple studies have shown that imagining stories helps activate the regions of your brain responsible for better understanding others and seeing the world from a new perspective.
Your support for this library project will enhance the learning environment for our English Language Learners, as well as the gifted and SPED students.
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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