Building a Bridge to an Imaginary World Through Fairy Tales
Funded Apr 25, 2018I cannot begin to thank you enough for your generous donations. These books have added so much to my fairy tale unit. I love seeing the students' eyes light up when I show them new books. This was especially true for these books. Many of my students live lives that are full of hurdles and disadvantages. Reading fairy tales helped them "travel" to a new world where they believe that anything is possible. I could see the excitement and hope when reading time began. The students would pick a book and find a cozy spot in the room to enjoy it. Then the class would be silent with them each enjoying their own story. Many of my struggling students' really started to look forward to reading time each day because these texts were stories they could read confidently on their own as they had heard them numerous times before.
These books also greatly increased my students' writing stamina and ability. After many weeks of enjoying and being exposed to different versions of the fairy tales the students were invited to write their own adaptation of a traditional fairy tale. Their ideas were amazing from writing Cinderella in modern times going to a concert instead of a ball to the three little mealworms and the big bad chicken. They took their love for these texts and turned them into their very own fairy tales. The amount of writing that they produced was more than I had seen all year. All in all, these books have added so much excitement and enthusiasm into my students at a time in the school year when it can be difficult to keep their attention. This is all due to your donations so thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Yau