My students need highly engaging, relevant books that they can easily access in our classroom library for their independent reading goals.
$519 goal
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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.
Our students are their own kind of awesome. We successfully overcame a state Turnaround status to become a strong, urban, growing neighborhood school; the school has a rich culture and history in the Northside.
My 11th graders are in one of their most critical years as many are college bound, even in the face of daily challenges of poverty and racism.
They are a diverse group of students, many of whom are learning English as a second or third language and/or are in AP Language and Composition. We push our students, many of whom might otherwise be told they "can't," by having high expectations and helping them believe that they CAN and WILL.
My Project
By giving kids choices in what they read, we will continue to cultivate positive reading habits in our students. Typically, students are forced to read books chosen by myself and/or our curriculum. However, this year, after research from Penny Kittle's book, Book Love, I know that my students are much more likely to read and, more importantly, ENJOY reading, if they choose what they are reading. I am trying something new this year by working to teach the reader, not the book. I can still teach my students to be strong readers by teaching them the skills they need; then they can apply those skills to any text– in and out of the classroom.
I have a small classroom library, but many books are outdated or falling apart.
These new books will add to the classroom library and engage students in current issues that are important to them like gentrification, police brutality, immigration, and self-identity. In my previous experience, I have also found that students are much more likely to engage in books that are in front of them every day.
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