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Mr. Wright's Classroom

  • Maury High School
  • Norfolk, VA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Past projects 6

  • Pawn Takes Book

    Funded Jul 14, 2020

    Thank you so much for providing these amazing books for my students. They are beautiful, top quality texts that will help these students become involved in the pleasures of reading. By providing contemporary, fast-paced and interesting texts your donations are helping otherwise potentially hesitant or resistant readers become immersed in the world of literature. By having new books students are given a sense of value and appreciation that they might otherwise lack always having few reading options limited to tattered old paperbacks handed down from generations past. When students have clean, new, fresh classroom materials (such as this library) it makes them feel special and as though they are part of a learning environment that cherishes them.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Wright

    This classroom project was brought to life by Google.org and 6 other donors.
  • How Tartly He Books

    Funded Jan 1, 2020

    Thank you for sending so much assistance to my classroom project. This project ensured that all of my students have as many books to choose from as they can possibly ever need. I have students in my classroom who are reading whole novels for the first time in their lives. And these students are not just reading one or two books, they are reading three, four, five books a month thanks to your generosity. For many of these students these supplies mean they are getting to reread old favorites, getting to explore genres and series they were already interested in. But more vitally, students are now getting to read books that for the first reflect their own lives and experiences.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Wright

  • Diverse, Engaging Reads

    Funded Sep 3, 2019

    These books will help my classroom have a diverse array of topics and authors to choose from when they take part in their daily silent reading. My students will have the ability to always pick among a wide array of topic and find something that interests them to help them continually grow and prosper and develop as readers. More vitally, many of these books have helped my students find group books to participate in as part of a literary circle book club assignment. Furthermore, many of my students can now freely participate in the Battle of the Books team to compete with other schools in the district as excellent readers.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Wright

  • Supply Lines

    Funded Sep 2, 2019

    This year, my students will never have to ask for a pencil. They will always be prepared to glue, cut and staple when we do a creative project. My students, many of whom are very needy and do not have the means to provide their own classroom materials, will be able to engage in the most compelling, engaging kinds of lessons this year due to the generosity and gifts you have helped provide. My students have staplers, printers, pencil caps. This will help keep my classroom tidy and organized to further facilitate my classroom management and help all students achieve their utmost.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Wright

  • A Body Must Have Air. A Class Must Have Books.

    Funded Sep 4, 2018

    When I started this school year I had a tiny library of discarded books, many of which were well below the lexile level of my students. With the help of your donations I was able to buy a massive library of books for the students to use in their free time. The books I selected cover a broad range of interests from classics to popular teen novels to help engage student readers.

    Now, when students are given assigned reading in my class, they race through their assignments so that they can spend more of their silent reading time reading the books of their own choice from the shelf. I gave each student a laminated bookmark with their name to leave in their chosen book and every day students ask for recommendations concerning new books. I've made a game of this, either recommending books I know students will enjoy or asking students to help me undertake a task and read a book for me, a book I haven't read yet and report back to me about whether or not they'd like to have it taught in class and why. Students seem to love feeling as though they have a job.

    None of this would be possible without your help. I think anything we can do to help students gain entry into the world of literacy is a vital step in helping our children grow.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Wright

    This classroom project was brought to life by Amy Hayes & Sophie Leake Memorial Fund and 7 other donors.
  • Bibliophiles Abound

    Funded Oct 9, 2018

    When I started this school year I had a tiny library of discarded books, many of which were well below the lexile level of my students. With the help of your donations I was able to buy a massive library of books for the students to use in their free time. The books I selected cover a broad range of interests from classics to popular teen novels to help engage student readers.

    Now, when students are given assigned reading in my class, they race through their assignments so that they can spend more of their silent reading time reading the books of their own choice from the shelf. I gave each student a laminated bookmark with their name to leave in their chosen book and every day students ask for recommendations concerning new books. I've made a game of this, either recommending books I know students will enjoy or asking students to help me undertake a task and read a book for me, a book I haven't read yet and report back to me about whether or not they'd like to have it taught in class and why. Students seem to love feeling as though they have a job.

    None of this would be possible without your help. I think anything we can do to help students gain entry into the world of literacy is a vital step in helping our children grow.”

    With gratitude,

    Mr. Wright

    This classroom project was brought to life by Amy Hayes & Sophie Leake Memorial Fund and 7 other donors.
I began my career teaching high school German where I collected many resources and decorations for teaching that subject and decorating my classroom. Now I have transitioned to teaching middle school honors English and I need to completely retool my classroom's library and its look. I am hoping to build a library full of old and new classics for young adult readers so that my students can have engaging and fun (but challenging) books at their disposal for daily sustained silent reading. I want these books and posters to encourage students to try to read great novels, to try reading poetry and plays, to get outside of their comfort zones and experience the pride and satisfaction and emotional and intellectual growth that comes with overcoming a really challenging book. I hope inspirational classroom decorations and art, and a robust library with lots of options can help do this. If we don't set challenges and goals for our students' rigor, they will never grow as readers.

About my class

I began my career teaching high school German where I collected many resources and decorations for teaching that subject and decorating my classroom. Now I have transitioned to teaching middle school honors English and I need to completely retool my classroom's library and its look. I am hoping to build a library full of old and new classics for young adult readers so that my students can have engaging and fun (but challenging) books at their disposal for daily sustained silent reading. I want these books and posters to encourage students to try to read great novels, to try reading poetry and plays, to get outside of their comfort zones and experience the pride and satisfaction and emotional and intellectual growth that comes with overcoming a really challenging book. I hope inspirational classroom decorations and art, and a robust library with lots of options can help do this. If we don't set challenges and goals for our students' rigor, they will never grow as readers.

About my class

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