My students need high interest books to keep them engaged during independent reading.
$211 goal
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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My students come from a variety of cultural, economic, and social backgrounds. My schools is classified as an urban middle school.
Over 75% of the students in my school are on free or reduced lunch, and about one in four students receive English Language Learning services.
The diversity of the students brings many perspectives and angles to the classroom. However, the economic disadvantages can be limiting and hinder students who do not have resources outside of the classroom. These students can benefit and advance from the opportunity to use a variety of educational resources and learning modalities. Yet, the finances do not allow for that to be available in many cases.
Many of my students are coming into sixth grade reading well below grade level. This causes students to be disengaged and not passionate about reading. A lot of students also have a hard time choosing "just right" books. These students are falling even further behind thus increasing the educational gaps that are becoming all too common. Without these necessary resources, students are becoming increasingly more disengaged in the classroom. Having access to these resources opens up a world of learning would increase engagement and successful readers.
My Project
Independent reading is a major part of my class. We regularly start class with a few minutes of independent reading and students are pushed to read at least 20 minutes each night. Reading every day improves students' reading and comprehension skills. Students are given a choice in what they read, but I also steer them toward appropriate, but challenging books that align with their reading level. Creating a classroom library with appealing books that students can check out to read at home is necessary to encourage my students to read.
An engaging classroom library filled with high interest books will help foster a love for reading.
Since my students will have access to a variety of popular, relevant, intriguing books, students will be more apt to read. The more my students read, the more progress they will make in their reading skills, which will help them in all subjects.
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