Help me give my students endless possibilities by reading some books that are reflective of their own culture, backgrounds, and experiences while exploring new worlds through other books and series.
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.
My Students
Students who attend our school are a mixture of different economic and cultural backgrounds. We are a Title I school with over 75% qualifying for free lunch. Many of our students are first-generation college-bound students, some even the very first in their family to apply, let alone attend and graduate from college. Other students in our school dedicate their lives to the armed services after participating in our JROTC program. We also have students preparing for culinary school, technology and coding, and business enterprises. We have an open and accepting student body that accepts everyone for their differences, and more so, embraces each other for those differences. This has been made more apparent as we have returned from remote learning.
This year's independent reading program has been met with great enthusiasm and eagerness from our students.
We have voracious readers, and some are reluctant readers who just haven't found the right book yet! Our students are emerging from the isolation of quarantining and remote learning; they are yearning to turn the pages of books they can hold in their hands.
My Project
Recently, a local elected official shared a graph on social media illustrating that teenagers are no longer reading for fun. While this may be true, it should be noted that many of our students simply do not have the time to sit and just read a book for fun. Students are busy with afterschool activities, sports, work, taking care of elderly relatives or younger siblings. One way to combat this challenge is that our school has embarked on a ten-minute independent reading block every day in our ELA classes.
Students have begun to discover the joy and love of reading, but we need more books to keep our students engaged.
They have become voracious readers of graphic novels and classic American literature. It is my hope that we can replenish our libraries and continue building on our students' successes.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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