Rewarding Reading

School:: Golden Gate Middle
Subject:: Language Arts
Teacher:: Shana Secory
Students Impacted:: 1018
Grade:: 6-8
Date:: July 20, 2022

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Women In Naples Giving Support (WINGS) - $1,500.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 200

After semester one, the Literacy Coach pulled data to find the student in every ELA class that made the biggest reading Lexile gain from the beginning of the year. We rewarded 46 students with a $10 Amazon gift card, for having the highest Lexile gain in their class. We rewarded about 150 additional students with a certificate of hard work and with a fun classroom supply of choice for having over a 100-point reading Lexile gain from the beginning of the year. The Literacy Coach, Resource Teacher, and Assistant Principal went around to every ELA classroom to congratulate and recognize the winners. Kids were so excited to win something for their hard work and asked when this will be done again. The coach told the classes it will be done again at the end of the year and overheard students say they wanted to win next time.

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

Promote reading amongst striving readers and increase reading Lexile levels.

What will be done with my students

55% of Golden Gate Middle School students do not read proficiently. We need to motivate the students to want to read, students love to be recognized and rewarded with fun school supplies they can use in their classes.

The Literacy Coach will check reports weekly to determine the top student reading performers.

Every week, the coach will announce the student winner in front of their classmates. The winner will receive a gift bag with fun school supplies.

Benefits to my students

When students know that someone cares about how they perform and they get acknowledged for it, they are more willing to participate. The more they participate, the greater their gains will be.

Budget Narrative

We will reward students with school supplies because teachers appreciate it when their students have supplies over things that may distract them in class. Students appreciate fun supplies because their parents can't always afford colorful, glittery, and exciting supplies, therefore they are forced to use the base colors that the teachers give them.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Gift bags and tissue	$200.00
2	Fun Writing Utensils	$200.00
3	Fun Erasers	$200.00
4	Fun Notebooks	$300.00
5	Other Small Prizes	$300.00
6	Large Quaterly Prizes	$300.00
	Total:	$1,500.00

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