Creating Magic With Reading

Funded May 6, 2023

My wonderful first graders and I greatly appreciate your kindness and support in this project. This year I was able to share all the wonderful books with students that ranged in reading levels. Beginning readers to newcomers in the classroom all enjoyed the mix of box that were provided. The books are colorful with vivid photographs that helped all my learners understand and make real life text connections.

We read books together as whole group in class, independently, and in small groups. Our classroom is now always ready with books of different science topics including books about animals, plants, and other life sciences. During our independent reading time entitled "Read to Self Time" students enjoyed the selection of books while they built their endurance in reading. It built their vocabulary skills with the special text features such as bolded text and captions.

While all my students enjoyed reading and sharing the books with each other, there were several newcomers that joined our class and they were able to share these books at home with their families. The love of books was clearly seen when they it came to reading time each day. They are excited to share and learn both non-fiction and fiction books and we all greatly appreciate your generous contributions to our learning in our diverse classroom. Thank you to all of so much, my class and I are forever grateful!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Vento