Volunteer: Inspire Kids to Love Reading

Behind_the_Book

We really need you this week for our literacy programs in Crown Heights! Help students in a high-need Brooklyn public school become lifelong readers.

Behind the Book is a non-profit organization that brings accomplished authors into classrooms to guide students in creating their own creative projects. Our programs are part of the class curricula, and have a successful record of building literacy skills.

No experience or training is necessary to volunteer. You'll coach and encourage students as they write, research, and create artwork. 

Program 241BB12

 

Author: Barbara Bash

Book: Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City
Location: Crown Heights
Date/Time/Role: Wednesday, December 16th – 9:00 - 10:30 AM (writing coaches)

This third grade class has been studying urban birds and how they find creative ways to roost in the city.  Students have done research on their own birds and created visual representations of them in class mural.  

Program 241SA12

Author: Selina Alko
Book: The Case for Loving
Location: Crown Heights
Date/Time/Role: Friday, December 18th – 9:00 – 10:30 AM (writing coaches)

Fifth-graders studying U.S. human rights laws will describe how the laws address a chosen human right, what change has been realized, and improvements they’d make. A visiting human rights lawyer will answer their questions. Students will also create paintings to represent their work.

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