Reading Champions of Ware

Funded Oct 12, 2022

The students at WMS and I want to THANK YOU for all of the books that you donated to us. I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH for supporting my project!!!!!

Receiving these books has been a wonderful experience. Many of the students that I work with this year are struggling to become readers. Compared to their peers, they are at the beginning stages of reading and view themselves as non-readers. However, with the skills they are learning and the continued practice; these students now pick through the abundance of leveled readers that were received and willingly read out loud!

I had one student ask to take one of the books home so she could read it to her sister. I hesitated at first (because they are brand new and sometimes things happen and books do not get returned), but the look on her face and the willingness to read and practice at home was heartwarming. She promised me she would bring the book back the next day, that she would keep it in a safe place at home, and that she wouldn't let anything happen to the book. Well, the next day came and she was absent. The day after that came and again was absent as well. The third day she came bouncing back into my room telling me all about her experience reading the book at home, how she kept it safe and didn't let anything happen to it. I am pleased to say the book came back looking brand new!

The students WANT to read, WANT to pick through the leveled readers, WANT to be heard, and WANT to shine as readers!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Talbot