Help me give my students leveled reading books that are age appropriate. It is very hard to find books for high school age english language learners that are not for elementary age students.
$593 goal
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Hooray! This project is fully funded
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 are all immigrants and speak, read, and write English as their second language. I love my students because they are so curious and eager to learn and improve their skills each and every day. My students work so hard and maintain a positive attitude despite all the demands placed on them, many of them having jobs after school or taking care of family members. I have never worked with such joyful and dedicated students!
Here are some unique and amazing facts about our high school:
We serve over 380 students who speak more than 32 languages
100% of our students are English language learners, nearly all of whom immigrated to the US during the last 4 years.
22% of our students are refugees who have escaped some of the world’s most violent and protracted conflicts
Approximately 33% of our students arrive with limited or large gaps in their formal education
My Project
My students are all immigrants and English language learners. Leveled reading books are a great tool for growing Lexile scores and building reading fluency and reading confidence. Silent sustained reading is part of my students' advisory grade. I want my students to be able to read in their advisory with peers without feeling bothered by having to use books designed for K-2 graders. These leveled reading books are age and developmentally appropriate for my students and designed to look older, they also are more interesting to my students than books for K-2. With appropriate books my students will feel more included in the general education setting and improve their confidence, fluency, and vocabulary through reading accessible books.
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