Funded Jun 6, 2020Thank you so much for your generous donations to my class!! This past summer my students were able to experience what it felt like to actually read for "pleasure" and not for school work.
Two books were chosen for this experience, one fiction book and the other a nonfiction book. The fiction book was by the author Kate DiCamillo, called "The Magician's Elephant" and the nonfiction book was part of the "Who Is" series; "Who Is Malala Yousafzai." Both books were chosen because they were highly recommended, but they were also chosen for another reason. I wanted the students to also learn about empathy and compassion and these two books were great examples of both traits.
My students and I met twice a week for about an hour each meeting to discuss and talk about their experiences while reading. The whole experience took about a month and a half, but it was a wonderful and heartfelt month and a half.
Thank you again for providing my students and I with the books in order to have this wonderful experience!!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Tiffany