Half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Do you have a book from your childhood that stuck in your heart forever? For me, it was The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews. It was read to my fourth-grade class by our teacher, Ms. Pederson. This past year I discovered THAT book for my third graders. I did a read-aloud with my students using the book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. I started recording myself online and sharing it with my students. Then we came back in person I finished the story. My students and I fell in love with the main character, Roz the robot. She learned to adapt to a wild environment by learning from the animals that inhabited the island that she got stranded on. This story was so meaningful to my students because it was a wild year that needed a lot of adapting of our own.
The Wild Robot taught them that we can all learn from each other, we are resilient, and we are loved! I am confident that when my students look back on third grade, The Wild Robot will be one of their favorite memories. I want to share this same excitement with my new third graders.
These books will allow my students to go from being audience members to the thoughtful readers I know they are. It will allow us to dive deeper into the story with a focus on vocabulary, text connections, and comprehension. It will reinforce the reading skills that we are practicing in the classroom, encourage students to use text evidence to support their thinking, and spark a passion for reading.
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Do you have a book from your childhood that stuck in your heart forever? For me, it was The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews. It was read to my fourth-grade class by our teacher, Ms. Pederson. This past year I discovered THAT book for my third graders. I did a read-aloud with my students using the book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. I started recording myself online and sharing it with my students. Then we came back in person I finished the story. My students and I fell in love with the main character, Roz the robot. She learned to adapt to a wild environment by learning from the animals that inhabited the island that she got stranded on. This story was so meaningful to my students because it was a wild year that needed a lot of adapting of our own.
The Wild Robot taught them that we can all learn from each other, we are resilient, and we are loved! I am confident that when my students look back on third grade, The Wild Robot will be one of their favorite memories. I want to share this same excitement with my new third graders.
These books will allow my students to go from being audience members to the thoughtful readers I know they are. It will allow us to dive deeper into the story with a focus on vocabulary, text connections, and comprehension. It will reinforce the reading skills that we are practicing in the classroom, encourage students to use text evidence to support their thinking, and spark a passion for reading.