This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I have a wonderful group of first grade students who love to learn new things. This is my first year working in this school.
My students face many personal struggles yet come to school everyday motivated to learn.
They know that room 5 is a safe, loving, and nurturing environment where we can have discussions, disagreements, and solve problems as a TEAM.
All of my students plan to attend college and we discuss their personal goals regularly. Some of my students desire to become pediatric nurses, computer programmers, and veterinarians. Others have set goals to become firefighters, wildlife biologists, and pediatricians.
My Project
These Language and Phonemic Awareness center activities will give my students opportunities to learn and practice identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words, rhymes, segmentation, word building, blending, and sentence writing.
When students are given opportunities to practice these skills in a non-threatening environment with their peers, they develop the skills they need to become confident readers and writers.
Students who are confident in their reading abilities are more likely to take risks when reading. They are also more likely to develop a deep love for reading.
As we all know, students who love reading have stronger comprehension skills and a more elaborate vocabulary.
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