Using SSYRA Nominees to Encourage a Love of Reading
Help me give my students new, exciting, award nominees to encourage their interest in reading.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Purvis's classroom raised $425
This project is fully funded
My Project
I am the new librarian at two Title I schools. My smaller school has 200+ students and has not had a librarian in over 3 years. The average publication date of the collection is 1997, which means most books in the collection are over 25 years old.
My goal is to stimulate my students' desire to read by providing books that are current and appeal to a variety of readers.
One of my ideas to get books into the hands of readers is with the Sunshine State Young Reader Awards (SSYRA) program. Each Fall, the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) nominates a variety of books for SSYRA Grades 3-5 awards. I am posting on Donors Choose because I have no District money for the library, and although I have been purchasing some of the titles for the library myself, I don’t have the means to buy them all. It takes a village, right?
For further engagement, I am purchasing a related product, “brag tags”. to give each child a tagholder and the tag that corresponds to the book(s) they read. I have chosen hardcover books when available and affordable so the books will be resilient enough to be enjoyed for years to come.
More than three‑quarters 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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