Find It Fund It Florida - Hillsborough Education Foundation

Reading in the Sunshine State!

School:: Springhead Elementary School
Category:: Literacy
Teacher/ Administrator:: Brandi Crampton
: 165185
Students Impacted:: 50
Grade Levels Impacted:: 4
Date:: July 17, 2021

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

brandi.crampton@hcps.net - $750.00

Project Goal

The goal of this project is to increase student engagement and motivation in reading using the fifteen SSYRA (Sunshine State Young Reader Association) novels.

How Project Benefits Students

This project will expose students to a variety of fiction novels. All 15 books will be available to all students throughout the 21-22 school year. Students will be encouraged to read 10 of the books and be given small incentives/rewards for their accomplishments. Furthermore it will allow them to study different authors writing styles and craft connecting closely with both the 4th grade reading and writing standards.. Furthermore, the project will include book clubs and collaboration. The SSYRA books are considered high quality literature that are selected for their “wise appeal, literature value, varied genre, curriculum connection, and multicultural representation”.

Expected Outcome(s)

Students will read 10 of the 15 SSYRA books through the 21/22 school year. They will choose a book to be a member of a book club with and collaborate with their peers. Students will make either a movie trailer, 2D art, or other creative expression that represents a book of their choice to be considered for the HCPS SLAM (Student Literacy and Media) showcase.

Detailed Cost Summary

2021/20222 SSYRA books:
15 book titles 6 copies of each @ approximately $10 per book = $750

Items

#	Item Description	Total Cost
1	SSYRA Books from Amazon/Scolastics	$750.00
	Total:	$750.00

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