I serve an incredible, diverse group of teens and tweens from Santa Monica and the surrounding Los Angeles area. We are an urban beach town, and we serve a diverse student body. The primary mission of our school and district is to achieve excellence through equity.
I teach both Spanish and English Language Development at the middle school level, and my goal is for all of my students to grow in language proficiency, literacy, and autonomy.
My advanced English Learners are building increased reading stamina to improve their literacy and boost their reading comprehension.
My Project
Our classroom library is becoming a place to which readers are drawn and non-readers are converted. We have so many books that we've begun to run out of shelf space--which is quite possibly the best possible problem for a classroom library to have.
Recently, former students have been stopping by in order to check out our newest selection of books--and when they drop in they often stay a while to read on one of the comfy couches, beanbags, or armchairs.
It has become my mission to create a space in which the words "I can't find anything interesting to read" will never be uttered.
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