Our students come from a variety of backgrounds. Most of our population comes from poverty. All of our students receive free lunches. The students try their best every day but have a lot of obstacles facing them. For some, just getting to school is a huge challenge.
I have never seen a group of students who try so hard and face the world and its challenges head-on in the way that my students do.
They have the odds stacked against them, but they try every day.
My Project
I feel the best way to help students increase their reading ability is to have them read more and to read books that they like. All of these books have been chosen with my students in mind. They love books about animals and real life occurrences. We took a vote, and the winners of the vote were the books that were added to the project.
My students will be able to choose from these new books and that will allow them to read independently at their own grade level and ability.
My students will be able to read books they like, and this project will encourage them to read more independently.
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