I was able to do great things in my classroom, for teachers, and the community.
For the first time I had a Donors Choose project created and funded in very little time! Now my students have a classroom library with books they enjoy! Having a classroom library gives my students better book choices, and they are able to have independent reading time or story read alouds. Independent reading fosters the love of reading for pleasure, they pick books that they want to read, not that they have to read.
The books from Rita Bean, and the articles read reinforce the idea that it takes a village to help students be successful. If the school community collaborates, students, particularly EL's will benefit not only in their reading and comprehension, but in their academic progress.
For the first time I had a Donors Choose project created and funded in very little time! Now my students have a classroom library with books they enjoy! Having a classroom library gives my students better book choices, and they are able to have independent reading time or story read alouds. Independent reading fosters the love of reading for pleasure, they pick books that they want to read, not that they have to read.
The books from Rita Bean, and the articles read reinforce the idea that it takes a village to help students be successful. If the school community collaborates, students, particularly EL's will benefit not only in their reading and comprehension, but in their academic progress.