Help me give my students the gift of understanding the perspective of walking in another person's shoes. What better way to empathize with stories other than our own through outstanding literature!
My students are problem solvers, collaborators, and inquiry driven. As one of the English language learner cluster teachers at our school, I am constantly looking for resources that break down language barriers and empower students to engage in higher level thinking skills through literature.
My Project
As a child, the author Peg Kehret survived Polio. She grew up to write engaging adventure stories focused on young people surviving against all odds. Sharing her story will be just the start of a unit of study that will explicitly teach students how to engage with longer chapter books rather than the short passages we normally use to teach reading.
Best practice suggest that it is critical to use informational text and/or literature to engage students in the lives of others and it fosters a sense of empathy and higher-level understanding of the human experience.
Through these inspiring stories of survival you can expect to see in my classroom, collaborative conversations and students writing about key themes such as perseverance and man vs. nature.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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