Past projects 3
Flexible Frequent Readers
Funded Jun 8, 2023The books our students received were non-fiction readers. These types of books are of high interest to our students and each has a moral or teaching lesson on positive character traits. Reading in our classroom varies. Often we read in small groups with one teacher or paraprofessional and 1-4 students. Sometimes our students read independently using online programs. Our classroom is called "FLEX". Students flex in and out of our room for 15-20 minutes at a time. They sit at tables with an adult and read aloud while answering oral comprehension questions. Students read one sentence, one paragraph or one page at a time. They like to read one at a time, choral read (everyone reads together) or popcorn style (teacher or student picks students at random to read). They work on fluency, oral reading, phonological awareness and reading comprehension.
We make it cozy, comfortable and fun for reading time with students. They especially like our new informational texts we received from our last Donors Choose grant. Children love comic books that include pictures and bold print. This brings their focus to what is important in the book. Some students are visual learners and thereby understand the reading better by looking at the images and bold words in the book. Other students are verbal learner and understand by listening to the text read by their classmates. Some students are great readers and pick up knowledge by reading the text aloud. Our team choose these books for their ability to meet the reading needs of all our students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Stanton
This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Supporter and 2 other donors.Ensuring Successful Readers
Funded Nov 5, 2022The books our students received were informational text or non-fiction readers. These types of books teach students about the natural or social world. Informational text include text features such as a glossary, pictures, captions, bold print and a table of contents. These help the reader find information in the text and point out the important features of the text. The purpose of information text readers is to teach children about factual information.
Reading in our classroom varies. Often we read in small groups with one teacher or paraprofessional and 1-4 students. Sometimes our students read independently using online programs. Our classroom is called "FLEX". Students flex in and out of our room for 15-20 minutes at a time. They sit at tables with an adult and read aloud while answering oral comprehension questions. Students read one sentence, one paragraph or one page at a time. They like to read one at a time, choral read (everyone reads together) or popcorn style (teacher or student picks students at random to read). They work on fluency, oral reading, phonological awareness and reading comprehension.
We make it cozy, comfortable and fun for reading time with students. They especially like our new information text. Children love that the books include pictures and bold print. This brings their focus to what is important in the book. Some students are visual learners and thereby understand the reading better by looking at the images and bold words in the book. Other students are verbal learner and understand by listening to the text read by their classmates. Some students are great readers and pick up knowledge by reading the text aloud. Our team choose these books for their ability to meet the reading needs of all our students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Stanton
This classroom project was brought to life by Seed to Read and one other donor.Creating Positive Social & Emotional Awareness
Funded Feb 8, 2022Sincere thanks to everyone for funding our project. These items will positively impact our students. How excited they will be to use the social skills games and learn to read a schedule, share and work with their peers. Thank you again donors, we so appreciate all you do for our staff and students.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Stanton
This classroom project was brought to life by Oklahoma State Department of Education.