Reading Aloud: The Way Grandma Used to Do It!

School:: Mossy Head Elementary
Subject:: Literacy
Teacher:: Amanda Callahan
Students Impacted:: 22
Grade:: 4
Date:: September 21, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

The Alys Foundation - $973.40

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 22

With these grant funds, I was able to purchase classroom sets of Florida's BEST books for my students. Each student in my class was able to have a copy of the book in hand as I read aloud to them. This allowed them to track and follow along as I read. Because of this purchase and these read alouds, my students have increased their listening comprehension skills and love being read aloud to. A great deal of stamina is required to sit still long enough to complete state testing. These read aloud sessions also built stamina in each of my students. Prior to writing this grant, students did not want to be read to and had trouble sitting still to listen to a book. Now, they beg to be read to!

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

My goal is to increase the listening comprehension of my 4th grade students.

What will be done with my students

I will choose books from the suggested BEST standards list, given to us by the state of Florida. I will purchase enough for every child to have one in their hands. I will read aloud daily to students to increase their enjoyment of hearing stories and being read to.

Benefits to my students

This group of students are our babies that spent the end of their kindergarten school year quarantined and isolated. Reading aloud to these students will increase their ability to sit still and listen. Show them that reading can be about enjoyment and not just learning. Being read aloud to will increase the listening comprehension skills and the reading comprehension skills of these students. Hearing these stories will increase their ability to understand what they read silently.

Budget Narrative

Item numbers 1-4 will be 25 copies of each. Item number 5 is a classroom set of the entire series. All books are chosen from the suggested book list in the Florida BEST Standards.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan - 25 copies	$133.50
2	The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 25 copies	$174.75
3	Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls - 25 copies	$370.50
4	Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May by Jean Fritz - 25 copies	$224.75
5	Who Would Win series	$69.90
	Total:	$973.40

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