Help me Build my Classroom Library
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Reading is fundamental for student success in every subject, and reading literature and fiction is crucial to helping students become better human beings.
This year is my 19th (!) year teaching, and after all this time, I still believe reading is the most important activity in a student's life. To that end, I am working on my classroom library for students to make it more diverse with more authors and characters of color, more current, and more appropriate for the varied reading levels I have in my 9-12 students (ranging from 3rd grade abilities to college-ready). My current library is limited and starting to show its wear, and the books we have at school are often too high-level and don't reflect their interests and lives.
Most of my teaching has been low-income, school-dependent students who need the support of classroom and school libraries, especially ones that reflect their cultures and lives. Many of my students do not have the extra money to buy books or the knowledge of what's out there, so they rely on schools for their book needs yet are often met with books they don't want to read. I want them to be excited about books and seeing their stories and experiences reflected in what they read.
Any donations will go directly toward my classroom library and will allow for me to better serve my students.
Thank you for helping my students and shaping a world where they become better readers. #GFMtoSchool
This year is my 19th (!) year teaching, and after all this time, I still believe reading is the most important activity in a student's life. To that end, I am working on my classroom library for students to make it more diverse with more authors and characters of color, more current, and more appropriate for the varied reading levels I have in my 9-12 students (ranging from 3rd grade abilities to college-ready). My current library is limited and starting to show its wear, and the books we have at school are often too high-level and don't reflect their interests and lives.
Most of my teaching has been low-income, school-dependent students who need the support of classroom and school libraries, especially ones that reflect their cultures and lives. Many of my students do not have the extra money to buy books or the knowledge of what's out there, so they rely on schools for their book needs yet are often met with books they don't want to read. I want them to be excited about books and seeing their stories and experiences reflected in what they read.
Any donations will go directly toward my classroom library and will allow for me to better serve my students.
Thank you for helping my students and shaping a world where they become better readers. #GFMtoSchool
Organizer
Ben Karls
Organizer
Osseo, MN