Ready for Reading Challenges
- School:
- Gulf Coast Charter Academy South
- Subject:
- Language Arts
- Teacher:
- Beth Staros
- Students Impacted:
- 70
- Grade:
- 5
- Date:
- August 8, 2017
Investors
Thank you to the following investors for funding this grant.
Anna Braun - $50.00
Ashley Lang - $10.00
Diana Gutierrez - $25.00
Elizabeth - $20.00
Chanpions For Learning - $397.00
Original Grant Overview
Goal
My goal for this grant request is to purchase five copies from the 3-5 Sunshine State Young Readers list so that my students can participate in the SSYRA challenge for our state. According to the State of Florida, "The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for pleasure and to read books that are on, above, and below their reading level in order to improve their reading fluency."
What will be done with my students
The students will have the opportunity to participate in the Sunshine States Young Readers Award program through the funding of this grant. This purpose of this program is to further childrens' love of literature through the exposure to texts selected by state-wide librarians who recommend these books to expand a child's imagination. In order to participate in the program, students must read 15 books from the 3-5 grade list. The purpose of implementing this program into my classroom is to encourage students to read in school and at home. My hope is to be able to get five copies of each book so that the students have the opportunity to take them home and read them as part of their homework. Any student that reads all 15 books by the end of the school year will receive a certificate, and 8 x 10 photo on our schools "SSYRA Wall of Fame", and an end of year celebration which will include an ice cream party.
Benefits to my students
The benefit of this grant is to better students' understanding of literature and expand their vocabulary, imagination, and fluency. Exposure to these books will hopefully incite them to become life-long readers; a goal of educators everywhere.
Budget Narrative
Each price point is based on 5 books per title.
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allie, First at Last by Angela Cervantes | $27.00 |
| 2 | Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon | $30.00 |
| 3 | A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep; Joanne Ryder; Mary GrandPré (Illustrator) | $32.00 |
| 4 | Framed! by James Ponti | $40.00 |
| 5 | The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson | $50.00 |
| 6 | Maxi's Secrets by Lynn Plourde | $31.00 |
| 7 | My Brother Is a Superhero by David Solomons | $27.00 |
| 8 | Night of the Living Worms by Dave Coverly (Illustrator) | $30.00 |
| 9 | Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve; Sarah Mcintyre (Illustrator) | $28.00 |
| 10 | Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks; Gita Varadarajan | $55.00 |
| 11 | Teddy Mars by Molly B. Burnham; Trevor Spencer (Illustrator) | $20.00 |
| 12 | The Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan; Mike Lane; Eric Wight (Illustrator) | $19.00 |
| 13 | A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner; Tim Probert (Illustrator) | $23.00 |
| 14 | The Wild Robot by Peter Brown | $60.00 |
| 15 | Willy Maykit in Space by Greg Trine; James Burks (Illustrator) | $30.00 |
| Total: | $502.00 |
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