Hacking Literacy by Gerard Dawson

Author:Gerard Dawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Education, Learning, literacy, Hacking Literacy,
Publisher: Times 10 Publications
Published: 2016-03-13T05:00:00+00:00

A Blueprint for Full Implementation

Step 1: Raise funds. Your class library needs some funding. Try one or all of these three recommendations for fundraising for books.

Check out grants and donations. Thanks to the Internet, it is easier than ever to find opportunities for grants and charitable donations to your classroom library. The Book Love Foundation, a project of the dynamic teacher and author, Penny Kittle, gives away multiple classroom libraries every year. Google the name of the foundation and you’ll find plenty of details and instructions. Another option, if you’re willing to put in the time, is DonorsChoose.org, a platform that connects classroom teachers with people who want to donate money to a teacher’s project. Though there’s a significant amount of work to complete in advance of posting a project, a colleague of mine consistently gets her DonorsChoose projects funded and adds to her classroom library.

Look into commercial book clubs. Some students are willing and able to buy their own books. Scholastic has long offered students the opportunity to purchase books at discount prices. They periodically send a batch of fliers to participating teachers, who then pass them on to students. For every five books a student buys, he or she gets another one free. The teacher also receives a percentage of the take in the form of vouchers for books. A few weeks after you send the order in, one or more boxes of books will arrive—like Christmas—and you can play Santa Claus as you hand out stacks of books and introduce the new books that you ordered for the class library. The anticipation of receiving the books and the opportunity to build excitement about new reading material makes the effort of managing the orders worthwhile. You do need to be willing to take on the administrational matters associated with the orders and handling the money, which may not feel worth it if only three students in each class take advantage of the program. If you choose to spend your own money, Scholastic offers good deals on books, and with the bonuses your library will increase rapidly.

Set a small budget to purchase the best books. Many teachers can’t resist picking up books they know their students would like to read. As you continue to build a culture of reading with your students, you’ll learn which books are growing in popularity. If you’re going to spend your own money on books for your classroom library, make these choices really count by purchasing books that you know many students will enjoy.

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