One of the best parts about my teaching job is the crazy joy, enthusiasm, and chaos that my students bring to the classroom each day. They come from incredibly diverse homes and they bring that diversity to the classroom. The best part is that our students are all open to diversity and they love to learn and share with others. They share willingly anything they have and they are incredibly open to discussions about their differences and similarities.
My students are very curious about the world around them, but many do not have the financial resources to have access to anything but the basics.
Many of my students are the first generation of children going to school in America. Many other children are in homes where finances are a challenge. Because of that, our teaching staff works hard to find creative solutions to keep students moving forward.
My Project
As students develop their language skills, they need to use their reading and writing in context. Teachers can write plenty of paragraphs and sentences for kids to read, but really, are we going to be current with the popular trends? Is this middle school teacher going to know the right slang to get my kids hooked? Highly unlikely!
Having access to magazines geared for the younger learners allows my kids the ability to read and work with current French slang, in addition to improving their reading comprehension skills in class.
I'll call it a win-win. They think they are cool because they get all the new and trendy words, I think they are cool because they are reading and learning.
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