Teacher: Ms. Gateley

My students are middle-schoolers in a full inclusion program. This means that instead of going to special education classes, they learn alongside non disabled students in regular classes. They work on much of the same things as everyone else, but some of their work is modified. One thing that everyone in our middle school does is read every day, my students included. However, because of their lower reading levels, much of what they have to read is too young for them. They can't read the award winning young adult fiction their friends are reading. They can't participate in the discussions other kids, and sometimes whole classes are having about amazing books like Hunger Games, Diary of a Part-Time Indian, or Wintergirls. They simply can't read these books, no matter how much they want to. This further alienates them from peers.