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My goal is to provide my students with high interest books that are on their reading level and a reading buddy so that they can share their wonderful books!

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Backpacking Across the World!

School:
Pinecrest Elementary 
Subject:
Language Arts 
Teacher:
Erica Rimbert 
Students Impacted:
140 
Grade:
Date:
July 26, 2017

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Suncoast Credit Union - $980.67

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Goal

My goal is to provide my students with high interest books that are on their reading level and a reading buddy so that they can share their wonderful books! 

 

What will be done with my students

Reading is an adventure! It is so much more fun when you can share that adventure with someone!
In the classroom, we have reading buddies that my students get to read to during the day; the students truly enjoy this time and it helps boost their reading achievement. What better way to improve even more than to provide students with access to books and buddies at home! Many of my students have limited to no access to books at home, or the comfort of a stuffed animal. When they check out a book bag, they will be able to share their reading adventures with someone!
Can you imagine reading a Clifford book to Clifford himself? My students can and they are fascinated by the idea!
Reading truly can take them on adventures all around the world and these backpacks can provide them with the opportunity to do so! 

 

Benefits to my students

Oftentimes students feel discouraged about reading, think that it is too difficult, or think that it is boring. Their parents want to help foster a love of reading, but they do not always have the resources. Many of our students do not have anyone at home who speaks English, so they find it difficult to read together. Having these fun book bags will help empower the students, support the parents, and foster a love of reading! Inside of each bag will be a book buddy and books in a series to match. They will get to take turns checking out the book bags and reading to their buddy at home!  

 

Budget Narrative

This includes 15 clear plastic backpacks from a Florida company to safely store and transport our reading books and buddies to and from school.
Also included are reading buddies (stuffed animals): Curious George, Dr. Seuss' Horton, Pete the Cat, Elephant & Piggie, Fly Guy, Clifford, Peppa Pig, Llama Llama, Olivia, Pigeon, and Bad Kitty.
Finally, the budget will allow for 5 books from each series in order to create book bags with a book and a stuffed animal character from that book to read to!
All books and reading buddies will be purchased through Barnes & Nobles. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 wisdom - clear view backpack - 15 $202.35
2 Florida state sales tax $13.15
3 shipping $49.26
4 6 books from each series + tax $525.74
5 11 reading buddies (stuffed animals) + tax $190.17
  Total: $980.67

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