Ready Set Read!

Funded Nov 29, 2021

Thank you so much for your donation. The students absolutely adore the pillows. In fact, they fight over them all the time, which brings up whole new issues! When I opened the boxes, they all got so excited and cheered. They immediately wanted a turn sitting on them.

I used the pillows as behavior and work rewards. Students read independently or read to each other, helping each other to figure out difficult words. They also quizzed each other on what was remembered from the text. They had clipboards and took notes like a teacher. It was so sweet to see them work together.

We have now finished the year and I am pleased to say we surpassed our reading goals. The class grew a lot on our state reading test. 6 out 18 students scored advanced. 9 scored on level. Every single student grew significantly since the beginning of the year. Even our ELL student, who joined us a month ago without knowing how to read English, read an unexpected number of words on the test!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Van