The. More. Students. Read. Aloud. The. More. Fluent. They. Will. Be. Looks pretty silly, doesn't it? Imagine if this is how you internalized the written word. Every day, students who struggle with fluency get further behind their peers, and get more and more frustrated with gathering meaning from text.
My students come from pretty difficult homes.
76% of my students are considered "at risk"...free lunch, incarcerated parents, homeless, migrant, abused, abandoned, you name it. In spite of all their challenges though, they are truly amazing kids. They are great at pushing aside whatever horrible thing is going on in their lives to focus on the task at hand...learning. They realize that learning, school, and most of all, reading, is important--and the ticket to a better life. They are great kids who deserve the world...and a better hand than they have been dealt.
That is where our staff come in. I have never worked with a staff who is so caring, so creative, and so willing to go the extra mile to help these kids succeed. They truly work miracles with these kids every day. I know the success of our school family is a direct correlation of how hard our tireless staff and volunteers work.
My Project
The more children read, and the more they read the SAME piece, the more fluent they will become. As a teacher, it is difficult to come up with creative ways to get students to read the same piece twice, let alone get them to read it 8 or 9 times. By recording themselves on a computer using these headphones and free online software, students will be able to create a podcast of themselves reading. In order to get the final product perfect, they will read it over and over again, thereby becoming more fluent. They will be motivated to achieve reading perfection!
Once they are more fluent readers, so many more doors will open for them. Their love of learning will skyrocket, and they will be able to take that first step in breaking the cycle of poverty.
Please help us fund this project.
My students deserve this. They really are great kids who have just been given a poor roll of the dice. This project can really help them read more fluently; this project can really change lives!
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