My second-grade students are, on average, 84 months old! When you consider that for approximately 1/3 of that time they were only babies, it seems incredible to hear that they are almost too late for early academic interventions, but they are!
Early intervention in reading, writing, and mathematics is crucial for children suffering from the effects of economic disadvantage and/or traumatic childhood events which is the case for many of my students.
Our district is in a high poverty area and almost all of my students qualify for federal lunch program funding.
At the beginning of the school year reading assessments, 2/3 of my class scored in the non-reader range! It is critical that they receive intervention now so they may quickly acquire the building block reading skills that are the foundation for future content knowledge acquisition.
My Project
My students suffer from poverty and lack technology at home to access audio or online books and learning resources. Amazon Fire tablets are amazing because I can lock them down remotely from my phone to ensure they are being used appropriately and then assign rewards for completing schoolwork. I’ve never taught remotely and my students are very young to be learning independently, so they need these devices to maintain or continue to improve their budding reading skills. They have worked too hard this year to experience a six month “summer slump”. The thought of that simply makes me want to cry. Please help!
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