One of the primary goals at Sierra Expeditionary Learning School (SELS) is to facilitate and enhance a love of reading in all students. Leveled texts are used to support students and aid teachers in daily literacy instruction and are an essential tool. Teachers work to achieve reading success through one-on-one

This grant is for the 5th grade team* at Kings Beach Elementary to build student friendly libraries that cater to all reading levels and to align guided reading and mentor texts across the 5th grade program. Research states that “ there are strong associations between independent reading and reading achievement

My classroom library needs an infusion of diverse, new titles. I have noticed that there is a need for lower-level nonfiction books, more diversity in my titles, and more lower-level books in general in my classroom library. Nonfiction books tend to be more difficult for students to read and they

This request is for funds to purchase new book sets for small group instruction reading at Tahoe Lake Elementary. During Covid and in our various construction moves, our book room has suffered a loss in inventory as many books formerly onsite were sent home in distance learning and have subsequently

The objective of this grant is to meet the current literacy needs of Kings Beach Elementary, focusing primarily on classroom guided reading instruction as well as accompanying take home materials. Guided reading is the cornerstone for teaching literacy, as it systematically guides students to acquire necessary reading comprehension, phonics, fluency

Sierra High School recognizes that this grant request is a repeat of one requested previously. However, the need for students to choose their own books and the need to replenish our library does not diminish over time. As our schools are returning to some sense of normalcy after the craziness

Sierra High School recognizes that this is a repeated request for Literature Circle Novels. However, the need for these novels does not diminish over time. If anything, this project has become a yearly expectation with students discussing all year what books they read last year and what books they wish

“Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them wait for the one unit a year in which they are allowed to choose their own books and become readers, they may never read at all.” ― Donalyn

Monies to be used for purchasing extra-curricular and supplemental reading materials for students attending Cold Stream Alternative, grades 7-12.

These book are from Bellwether Inc., which is a company that creates nonfiction texts for reluctant readers. The wonderful thing about these books is that each content based topic has a variety of reading levels, rich images, and multiple text features. They blend the nonfiction reading standards with history, social