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Goal

The goal of this project is to motivate all of my third grade Cambridge students to read all 15 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers during the 2017-2018 school year. This will be the first year implementing the Cambridge program at the elementary level, and I want to give my students the opportunity to set a challenging and exciting goal for themselves during this first experience in the Cambridge setting.  

What will be done with my students

Students will be encouraged and challenged to read all 15 of the SSYRA books while earning a special book charm for each book completed. In order to officially complete a book, they will need to pass a Reading Counts test (comprehension quiz) for that book. When this is done, they will receive a charm that has a special meaning related to the story to be put on a charm necklace. For example, the book “Pugs of the Frozen North” will have a paw print book charm to represent the dog characters. Throughout the year, they will be encouraged to continue reading the books and earning charms while receiving special recognition for each charm received with a special chart in the room that will track their progress as well as regular Twitter posts that will celebrate their charm earnings. They will also receive a special charm for completion of all of the books called the Shining Example charm (in the shape of the Sun to represent the Sunshine State books).  

Benefits to my students

Students in third grade are exposed to very rigorous standards and testing for the first time since they have been in elementary school, and giving them the challenge to read as much as possible, in particular with good quality literature, will give them more practice and experience with the higher level reading they will be expected to do on the FSA assessment. Also, the fun aspect of the charms will motivate all readers, whether they already love to read or are hesitant to pick up a more challenging book. The charms will have the additional benefit of giving students the opportunity to share with their families and our school community their continued success as the year goes on when they are wearing their charm necklaces for all to see. And finally, an added bonus to completing all 15 of the books is that they will be invited on a special field trip with our media specialist at the end of the school year!  

Budget Narrative

Books priced for grant with teacher discount through Barnes and Noble.  

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