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Gallup Middle School
Gallup, NM
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Give A Classroom Library A Lift At Gallup Middle School!
Funded Aug 6, 2014
Thank you so much for funding my project to bolster my classroom library with new and exciting texts! All of my materials will be shared with a phenomenal second ELA teacher, Mrs. Mingus. This means 150 seventh graders will have access to new and relevant novels and informational books.
Ultimately, the goal of these reading materials is to increase student motivation to read. Thanks to your generosity, we will have enough books to support student book groups, which will help our students make meaning of texts they've read through collaborative, peer discourse about books. Furthermore, individual copies of new books will increase student interest in reading during out independent reading program.
You can expect updates about our progress with these new materials before the end of the first semester. Thank you, again, for your sponsorship and encouragement! I can't wait to introduce these new books to my students!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Skalican

A snapshot into my 7th grade ELA classroom reveals a diverse cohort of awkward and impressionable preteens, all innocently self-absorbed, and quietly ready for autonomy and challenge in learning. At the start of each class, the most predictable inquiry, aside from "Can I go back to my locker? I forgot __." is, "When are we going to have DEAR time today?" Independent reading time, also known as "Drop Everything And Read," is the most cherished part of class. Whether students are eager to briefly enter a fictional world, empathize with a peculiar character, explore personal interests in nonfiction, or simply be left alone for a few moments... there it no better feeling than that of a focused, reflective adolescent environment. Of course, this time inevitably comes with challenges. First, finding an individual book to engage each student, and second, providing a time and space for students to talk about books. The first step in overcoming both of these road blocks: providing more books.

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Give A Classroom Library A Lift At Gallup Middle School!

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