My Students

I am working with students in a high poverty school, they are in homes that can not afford book ownership. We do travel to the library on a regular basis to find good book however some popular titles are unavailable. To have these books in the classroom ready to read will help to mediate this.

These students are seniors this year and will be going off to college and other opportunities next fall.

Most of these students are the first in their family to go to college and some are the first in their family to graduate from high school. Many of the students are also in homes that are small and busy so finding quite time at home to relax and read is not a possibility. This is my last chance to help them fully understand how satisfying and pleasurable reading a good book, just for fun, can be. I will get hot tea and honey for them to sip while they read but I need your help to bring them some books that they will enjoy during our reading for fun block. Since these students are seniors it is also an opportunity for them to role model reading for pleasure to the other students and encourage them to do the same. I have requested 2 copies of the books so that they can get another student in another grade to read with them and discuss the book.

My Project

With the opportunity to have a good quality reading selection right here in our classroom, students will have the opportunity to enjoy reading for pleasure. They will also be presenting the book or books they have chosen to the other students during our morning assembly. As students from other grade levels engage in our reading for pleasure experience I will also have them find a student to share the book with. As each book is read it is passed on with a personal touch from one student to another. My experience has been that when students are learning about a book from a peer they are much more engaged in actually reading it. These books will go to our library for use by the whole school population after we complete our project.

This reading for pleasure project will make a difference in our lives for the better.

Reading for pleasure is something that anyone can do, at anytime, to escape what can be a hectic life these days. To learn about the ease in which you can move to an alternate reality by just opening up a good book is one of life's most important lessons and I do not want these students to leave their high school years with out it. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration of our request.