Past projects 2
Lively Literacy: Continuing Our Interest in Reading
Funded Dec 22, 2016Thank you once again for giving the resources necessary to engage my sixth grade readers. By having books with dramatic storylines and exciting protagonists, my students have been able to begin to enjoy the act of reading. A task many of them thought they would never achieve.
It is hard to be a struggling reader and stay motivated. For many of my students, these frustrations have diminished even an interest or a possibility of enjoying reading. It became a laborious act. However with access to graphic novels with grade-level content, these students are now enjoying rigorous texts. In fact, these materials have even sparked personal research and art projects as well as a demand for more books.
Again, thank you for resource and generosity. You have made reading something worth while for many students who otherwise would not give it the time of day.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Arsenault
Visualizing Reading in the Classroom: Graphic Novels for Struggling Readers
Funded Nov 29, 2016I cannot begin to explain how touching and meaningful all of the support this project received. Thanks to your donations, I met the project request three times over and was able to pay for another shipment of books. Students who had never finished a book in their life were excited to finish and trade graphics novels with one another. It was exciting to have students come up to me and ask if there were any more books they could read as they had already finished a few. The most exciting part was watching the students make connections between what they had read in these graphic novels and the world around them. When the students were watching "The Watsons Go to Birmingham", they were able to draw connections between "March" and the movie. They began to piece together a more comprehensive understanding of the Civil Rights Movement and the role "average" kids and teenagers like them had in making real change. Thank you for helping my students get their hands on books they enjoy, begin to view themselves as scholars, and better understand their environment.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Arsenault