Enter: Friday Fund Days. Book Riot readers have helped fund hundreds of classrooms over the last few years, and we’ll help bring funds to hundreds more. Each Friday, we’ll highlight two classrooms or other literacy-focused, important projects in hopes you’ll help them reach their goals to bring literature, advocacy, and education to others. Even if you can’t spare money, any social sharing you can offer to the projects each week absolutely helps: you never know who’ll find it and have the means by which to make the project’s fundraising goals reached. More, you’ll bring awareness to the unmet needs in communities around the world, as well as right in your own back yard. When all else feels hard or hopeless, remember that you can and do make a difference.
This Week’s Projects
Behavior Calming Classroom Tools, Sensory Items, Social and Emotional Learning, Armijo Elementary School, Albuquerque, NM. $376
Help me give my students these sensory items. Sensory input allows children to refine their thresholds for different sensory information, helping their brain to create stronger connections to sensory information and what is useful or not.
My Students
My Project
Flexible Seating, Like a Boss!, Louisiana Schnell Elementary School, Placerville, CA. $112
Help me give my students flexible seating to create a classroom environment where student are able to be the designers of their own learning. Our school averages 14:1 student to teacher ratio and a 454:1 counselor to student ratio. The student demographics consist of 94% Hispanic, 3% White, 1% Black, and < two or more races. Our students are much like hidden figures, they are full of intelligence and love yet often face the consequences of constant teacher turnover and extreme poverty. This leads to a child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks and supports cognitive growth, language development, gross motor skills, social interaction and problem-solving skills.
My Students
My Project
My goal is for students to leave third grade knowing how they learn best. By providing flexible seating my classroom environment can be enhanced.
title: “Friday Fund Days Drop Some Dollars And Help Some Classrooms” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Patrick Whetstone”
Enter: Friday Fund Days. Book Riot readers have helped fund hundreds of classrooms over the last few years, and we’ll help bring funds to hundreds more. Each Friday, we’ll highlight two classrooms or other literacy-focused, important projects in hopes you’ll help them reach their goals to bring literature, advocacy, and education to others. Even if you can’t spare money, any social sharing you can offer to the projects each week absolutely helps: you never know who’ll find it and have the means by which to make the project’s fundraising goals reached. More, you’ll bring awareness to the unmet needs in communities around the world, as well as right in your own back yard. When all else feels hard or hopeless, remember that you can and do make a difference.
This Week’s Projects
Culturally Responsive Children’s Books, Brock Bridge Elementary School, Laurel, Maryland $151
Help me give my students culturally responsive children’s books in their classroom library.
My Students
My Project
Students will be able to learn about their history and build a deeper understanding of their community. This inclusion will help students feel more comfortable and open to learning in the classroom. We will also be able to use these books all year as examples when looking closely at structures of a story or topics such as biographies, historical fiction, and etc.
Spanish Literacy Centers, Grades Pre-K–2 PS 128 Audubon, New York, New York. $139
Help me give my students Spanish Literacy centers. I need some books to help my students learn how to read.
My Students
My Project
In first grade, we engage the children in literacy centers that stimulate, enhance and challenge them to practice the literacy skills they need to be successful readers and writers I have two groups of students, they are learning English and Spanish simultaneously. They all have different assets that make my classroom special. I love that they are willing to learn and they love to have fun while learning. My students are special in many different ways, their different personalities make my classroom light up, they enjoy reading, writing and playing. They are excited to learn new things and to have new learning adventures. My first graders will be able to have more reading options. In addition my students will build the skill of literacy comprehension by reading more books. These books will help my students to read. Please donate to this project. I strongly believe that your help will provide my students with a life changing opportunity to have more books available to enhance the literacy skills they need to become better readers. Whether you can donate a dollar, donate fifty dollars, or donate a share on social media, you make a difference!
title: “Friday Fund Days Drop Some Dollars And Help Some Classrooms” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-07” author: “Matthew Morris”
Enter: Friday Fund Days. Book Riot readers have helped fund hundreds of classrooms over the last few years, and we’ll help bring funds to hundreds more. Each Friday, we’ll highlight two classrooms or other literacy-focused, important projects in hopes you’ll help them reach their goals to bring literature, advocacy, and education to others. Even if you can’t spare money, any social sharing you can offer to the projects each week absolutely helps: you never know who’ll find it and have the means by which to make the project’s fundraising goals reached. More, you’ll bring awareness to the unmet needs in communities around the world, as well as right in your own back yard. When all else feels hard or hopeless, remember that you can and do make a difference.
THIS WEEK’S PROJECTS
Book It, To Our Class Library! Wimauma, FL ($157)
Help me give my students some books to reading during independent reading time.
My Students
My Project
They attend school each and every day with: smiles on their faces, an eagerness to learn, and ready to grow as students. The Diary of a Wimpy Kids are favorites among everyone. These books are sure to: improve overall reading abilities, enhance our classroom library, build vocabulary and improve stamina.
One Piece Manga Box Set, Chicago, IL ($160)
Help me give my students One Piece Box Set (manga) to read during Sustained Silent Reading.
My Students
My Project
I have a variety of reading levels in my classroom that range from 4th grade to a sophomore in college. The manga books help my students with their fluency and comprehension because they have pictures, yet still use advanced vocabulary. My students have reported that they are starting to enjoy reading and want to continue with the series that they have started. Please help me to be able to continue providing these high interest mangas and novels to my students. Whether you can donate a dollar, donate fifty dollars, or donate a share on social media, you make a difference!
