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  • City Middle School
  • Casper, WY
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

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Discussions of books and articles with others deepens students’ understanding, and helps keep them accountable in how they are thinking with the text prior to their conversations with others. I desire for my students not just to be more engaged in their reading, but to expand and own their thinking about the text being read in class and beyond. Creating a book club will allow me to emphasize an urgency in synthesizing with text to deepen personal schema is vital in developing as a learner. Engagement in conversation is a challenge all people encounter, and whether or not it is being modeled and practiced at home, it should be showing up throughout my student's educational experience. They need to discuss their reading and compare their opinions and understanding from their reading.

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Discussions of books and articles with others deepens students’ understanding, and helps keep them accountable in how they are thinking with the text prior to their conversations with others. I desire for my students not just to be more engaged in their reading, but to expand and own their thinking about the text being read in class and beyond. Creating a book club will allow me to emphasize an urgency in synthesizing with text to deepen personal schema is vital in developing as a learner. Engagement in conversation is a challenge all people encounter, and whether or not it is being modeled and practiced at home, it should be showing up throughout my student's educational experience. They need to discuss their reading and compare their opinions and understanding from their reading.

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