Shameless Search For Donors
Generous donors have been plugging away at my grant projects at donorschoose.org. I have one that is expiring at the beginning of August and really hope it makes it. It's called Read to Me For Fluency and is for seven cd walkmen that my students can use to listen to audio books as they follow along with a text. It really encourages my low readers who haven't built up a lot of stamina for reading on their own -plus it allows them to enjoy books at a reading level that's higher than their own. It gives all readers a chance to improve their fluency and expression while building their love of books.
I've used cd players and audio books for the last three years in my class and supplied the cd players myself, but those are sadly dying as I could only really afford the "Fred Myers special." With a baby on the way I'm unable to share as much of my paycheck with my classroom as I did in the past.
If you or anyone you know would like to help out, follow this link or pass it on to others:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=376504
There is an accompanying grant for more audiobooks as well,Read to Me For Fluency Part 2, but it expires on a later date than the first one. Please feel free to check this out as well as my other projects at www.donorschoose.org/brillig
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Read to Me For Fluency received full funding today by an anonymous donor. I'm so grateful and excited. I have no idea if the donation was a random stranger passing by or someone who read this post, but I'm extremely grateful for the support. If there are people who still want to support this classroom in a time of extreme budget issues, I'd love to start working on the Read to Me For Fluency Part 2 grant so that I can offer a wider selection of audio books to my students. This proposal will expire the first week of September if it goes unfunded and so far has no donors. A large selection of books to choose from makes the "listen to reading" option fun for the entire school year. http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=384156
I've used cd players and audio books for the last three years in my class and supplied the cd players myself, but those are sadly dying as I could only really afford the "Fred Myers special." With a baby on the way I'm unable to share as much of my paycheck with my classroom as I did in the past.
If you or anyone you know would like to help out, follow this link or pass it on to others:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=376504
There is an accompanying grant for more audiobooks as well,Read to Me For Fluency Part 2, but it expires on a later date than the first one. Please feel free to check this out as well as my other projects at www.donorschoose.org/brillig
[Edit]
Read to Me For Fluency received full funding today by an anonymous donor. I'm so grateful and excited. I have no idea if the donation was a random stranger passing by or someone who read this post, but I'm extremely grateful for the support. If there are people who still want to support this classroom in a time of extreme budget issues, I'd love to start working on the Read to Me For Fluency Part 2 grant so that I can offer a wider selection of audio books to my students. This proposal will expire the first week of September if it goes unfunded and so far has no donors. A large selection of books to choose from makes the "listen to reading" option fun for the entire school year. http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=384156