Let's Go Live(n) Up our Library in Ng'ombe, Zambia

 Chikumbuso  School is so blessed with an amazing library that has had so many donors contributing books, furniture, and computers but unfortunately we feel it has been underused by our students. Keep in mind that all of our students are English Language Learners, who have never before had access to so many books or computers. In the past the only reading they had done was the reading provided in their curriculum through short stories in their work books. So students are still learning how to use the library, and how to read for fun. This concept is still pretty foreign to them. I found in the little bit of reading that I did with 5th grade students, that I was impressed with their reading skills, but very disappointed with their comprehension.
Thus, the goals of Chikumbuso readers for 2013 are:

• To motivate learner's to read outside of the classroom at a level that will challenge the learner;
• To motivate learners to read different styles of literature;
• To increase learner's reading comprehension;
• To increase learner's ability to give grade level appropriate responses to the literature read.

Links:

• http://www.chikumbuso.com