[CALIBK12] TARGET: money for a school-wide read (purchase books)

[Devers, April]

There is also www.DonorsChoose.org  where teachers can put in wish lists and
get parents, community members, pilanthropists, etc., to donate towards the
project.  We have one teacher that has gotten extra equipment for her
classroom through it.

April Devers
Serrano MS


On 5/27/08 3:21 PM, "Waddle, Victoria" <victoria_waddle at cjuhsd.k12.ca.us>
wrote:

> All:
>  
> I think this is wishful thinking, but you¹ve helped me so many times before
> with your great ideas. . .
>  
> Our school is ready to drop SSR time because teachers feel that the time is
> being wasted. They feel they cannot read themselves because they are
> monitoring the classes to enforce the reading rule. They also think that many
> of the students are just looking at a page quietly in order not to get in
> trouble, but are not really reading.
> This has been a problem in the past, and the school started a program of
> mini-lessons for teachers who wanted them during those 15 minutes. (Other
> teachers continued with SSR.) However, some teachers feel that handing out the
> lesson and going over the answers is akin to an extra prep and thus violates
> their contract.
>  
> So we are on the brink of losing the whole thing and adding one to two minutes
> to each class period.
>  
> While discussing this in a leadership meeting, I mentioned that it would be
> great to have a school-wide read of one or two books‹homerun books‹so that
> students could see and know that the opportunity to read for 15 minutes a day
> is an opportunity to enjoy themselves. Once we, as an entire school, read one
> or two books together (teacher reads aloud or tunes in to me reading aloud)
> for 15 minutes each day, then we would start SSR with students having free,
> voluntary reading. Everyone likes the idea‹and would want to start the school
> year with it, beginning on the right note. However, with our dismal budget,
> none of us had any ideas about how to purchase a few thousand copies of the
> same book.
>  
> Do you have any ideas concerning grants or money for school programs which
> might cover such a thing? I¹m hoping you know of something along the line of
> ³write up any crazy proposal and tell us why you think it¹ll work.² I¹m
> supposing all my choices would be long shots, but I¹m willing to look into
> anything you feel might work. I think once we lose those 15 minutes, we¹ll
> never get them back.
>  
> Thanks!
>  
>  
> Victoria Waddle
> Teacher Librarian
> Colony High
> Ontario, CA
> 909-930-2929 x 2065
>  
> 
> 
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