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Do you remember flipping through your favorite books and magazines as a child? Did you prefer fiction or nonfiction? What genre of reading delighted you? I would like my students to be able to answer those questions when they're my age. My hope is to foster a love of reading a variety of genres (most notably nonfiction) within my students. They come from many different places because our school is a magnet school. Many of my students are from low-socioeconomic areas and don't have access to literature that will foster a love of reading. Plus, books like "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" are great, but they only challenge the mind so far. Reading is so essential to my students' success. They are so curious about the world but many of them don't quite understand that improving their reading skills will answer many of their questions (and generate even more!).

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Do you remember flipping through your favorite books and magazines as a child? Did you prefer fiction or nonfiction? What genre of reading delighted you? I would like my students to be able to answer those questions when they're my age. My hope is to foster a love of reading a variety of genres (most notably nonfiction) within my students. They come from many different places because our school is a magnet school. Many of my students are from low-socioeconomic areas and don't have access to literature that will foster a love of reading. Plus, books like "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" are great, but they only challenge the mind so far. Reading is so essential to my students' success. They are so curious about the world but many of them don't quite understand that improving their reading skills will answer many of their questions (and generate even more!).

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