Stephanie's fourth and fifth graders learned that the total budget for library books--from New York State--is $6.25 per child per year. We figured that that meant that their class would be entitled to $137.50. We set up a "bookstore" in the library, and teams were given a budget of $137.50 to buy books for their class. Students learned that there would only be 6-8 books available for their whole class to share. This was enlightening to them and their teacher and has sparked them to do an advocacy project on behalf of school libraries in our state. Using their letter-writing skills, following a unit on persuasive writing, many students decided to contact our state senator to lobby for more funds for school libraries.
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