ABC Come Read With Me
- School:
- Bay School
- Subject:
- Literacy
- Teacher:
- Amy Simpson
- Students Impacted:
- 14
- Grade:
- Pre-K
- Date:
- October 9, 2023
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
The Alys Foundation - $888.98
Original Grant Overview
Goal
I would like to cultivate a lifelong love of reading in my classroom through the use of books, props and activities that will help prepare my students for their educational career. To quote Dr. Seuss: "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!" Picture books bring numerous benefits to students as they begin to develop their reading skills. These benefits include building language skills, identifying sequences of events, improving comprehension, and boosting social and emotional learning. But the learning doesn't stop there! They will also gain math skills, expand their vocabulary, learn about the world around them, visit places far away, and improve their imagination and creativity. This grant will help provide books and materials related to the stories to help facilitate the hands-on learning I use with my students. These resources will be available for other teachers at Bay School to use in their classrooms as well.
What will be done with my students
The Pre-K curriculum, World of Wonders, builds a strong foundation for early literacy and identifies a letter each week to focus on. I will use books related to the letter, along with props and activities to help increase their alphabet knowledge and emergent reading and writing skills. The students will be able to retell and extend the stories as they also build and maintain relationships with their peers.
Benefits to my students
By May 2024 and using a teacher developed assessment, students will increase their alphabet knowledge by 10 letters, thus helping prepare them for kindergarten. They will answer not only wh- questions but also higher order thinking questions related to stories read to them. Students will be able to identify the parts of a book, including author and illustrator. Through this, I hope to have fostered a lifelong love of reading.
Budget Narrative
I Want to Be an Astronaut-$15.98
Big Red Barn-$17.98
The Carrot Seed-$13.16
Rhyming Dust Bunnies-$31.98
An Egg is Quiet-$15.36
The Very Lonely Firefly-$18.88
The Gruffalo-$17.58
A House for Hermit Crab-$15.98
Wemberly's Ice Cream Star-$13.98
How Many Jelly Beans-$36.18
Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Story-$15.98
The Grouchy Ladybug-$17.98
Mouse Count-$13.58
Night Animals-$33.98
My Very Own Octopus-$19.96
Press Here-$15.28
The Very Quiet Cricket-$26.98
Rosie's Walk-$15.98
The Tiny Seed-$15.28
Trashy Town-$28.78
Carrots Grow Underground-$12.58
Violet the Pilot-$17.98
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash-$15.98
Christina Katerina and the Box-$19.98
Purple, Green and Yellow-$13.90
Dear Zoo-$10
***Books for each letter of the alphabet
Astronaut Costume-$35.99
Farm Playset-$29.90
Artificial Mini Carrots-$12.99
20 Mini Plush Bunnies-$22.99
Under the Sea Sorting Activity-$17.29
Garbage Truck Play Mat and Trucks-$21.99
Realistic Plant Parts-$22.99
Muscell Egg Shakers-$27.99
Gruffalo Finger Puppets-35.74
Mini Flashlight Keychains-42 piece-$19.99
Realistic Hermit Crab-4 piece-$11.99
Plastic Ice Cream Counting-$15.99
Don't Spill the Beans-$9.99
Ladybug Counting/Fishing Game-$12.96
Plush Mice-36-$11.98
Explore My World Nighttime paperback-$4.99
Wooden Airplane Craft-$18.99
Magnetic Boy Dress-Up-$16.99
Magnetic Girl Dress-Up-$16.99
Zoo Animal Mat and Playset-$28.99
***Props for Imaginative play related to each story
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dear Zoo-(2) | $10.00 |
| 2 | Purple, Green and Yellow-(2) | $13.90 |
| 3 | Christina Katerina and the Box-(2) | $19.98 |
| 4 | Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash-(2) | $15.98 |
| 5 | Violet the Pilot-(2) | $17.98 |
| 6 | Carrots Grow Underground-(2) | $12.58 |
| 7 | Trashy Town-(2) | $28.78 |
| 8 | The Tiny Seed-(2) | $15.28 |
| 9 | Rosie's Walk-(2) | $15.98 |
| 10 | The Very Quiet Cricket-(2) | $26.98 |
| 11 | Press Here-(2) | $15.28 |
| 12 | My Very Own Octopus-(2) | $19.96 |
| 13 | Night Animals-(2) | $33.98 |
| 14 | Mouse Count-(2) | $13.58 |
| 15 | The Grouchy Ladybug-(2) | $17.98 |
| 16 | Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Story-(2) | $15.98 |
| 17 | How Many Jelly Beans-(2) | $36.18 |
| 18 | Wemberly's Ice Cream Star-(2) | $13.98 |
| 19 | A House for Hermit Crab-(2) | $15.98 |
| 20 | The Gruffalo-(2) | $17.58 |
| 21 | The Very Lonely Firefly-(2) | $18.88 |
| 22 | An Egg is Quiet-(2) | $15.36 |
| 23 | Rhyming Dust Bunnies-(2) | $31.98 |
| 24 | The Carrot Seed-(2) | $13.16 |
| 25 | Big Red Barn-(2) | $17.98 |
| 26 | I Want to Be an Astronaut-(2) | $15.98 |
| 27 | Astronaut Costume | $35.99 |
| 28 | Farm Playset | $29.90 |
| 29 | Artificial Mini Carrots | $12.99 |
| 30 | 20 Mini Plush Bunnies | $22.99 |
| 31 | Muscell Egg Shakers | $27.99 |
| 32 | Gruffalo Finger Puppets | $35.74 |
| 33 | Mini Flashlight Keychains-42 piece | $19.99 |
| 34 | Realistic Hermit Crab-4 piece | $11.99 |
| 35 | Plastic Ice Cream Counting | $15.99 |
| 36 | Don't Spill the Beans | $9.99 |
| 37 | Ladybug Counting/Fishing Game | $12.96 |
| 38 | Plush Mice-36 | $11.98 |
| 39 | Explore My World Nighttime paperback | $4.99 |
| 40 | Under the Sea Sorting Activity | $17.29 |
| 41 | Garbage Truck Play Mat and Trucks | $21.99 |
| 42 | Realistic Plant Parts | $22.99 |
| 43 | Wooden Airplane Craft | $18.99 |
| 44 | Magnetic Boy Dress-Up | $16.99 |
| 45 | Magnetic Girl Dress-Up | $16.99 |
| 46 | Zoo Animal Mat and Playset | $28.99 |
| Total: | $888.98 |
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