Help me give my students rich complex texts to adventure and learn from such as Magic Tree House book set or the text The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist.
I have a hardworking, engaged group of twenty-five, fourth grade, rock star learners! They each uniquely contribute to our classroom and school community in such positive ways. My students come from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, a majority are considered low-income, as well as a high percentage of English Language Learners.
My students are high energy readers, writers, mathematicians and crazy awesome future world leaders and innovators!
Our school and district culture places a large emphasis on teaching to the whole child, meeting students needs in all ways, so that they can be socially, emotionally and academically prepared for anything they can dream of for the future lives, including college and vocational opportunities.
My Project
Texts such as The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist and Roald Dahl book sets provide the classroom with a diverse, relevant and engaging books and integration of content. These titles touch on current social issues, historical movements, social/emotional learning and general student interest. Students need to be exposed to complex texts at or above grade level that speak to current issues they face daily and are asked to discourse and write about.
Making meaningful connections and having a shared text to refer to in class makes discussion rich with high impact.
Texts with rich academic and content driven vocabulary support students in building their knowledge base around words and meaning within context.
Thank you for supporting our classroom and these amazing, driven, hard working students.
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